Slit lamp microscope

A slit lamp microscope,

• comprising:
• a frame;
• a supporting base being capable of precisely moving, in a horizontal direction, with respect to the frame;
• a cylindrical supporting section being extended upward from the supporting base;
• a slit light unit being provided in the supporting base, the slit light unit emitting a slit light upward through the cylindrical supporting section;
• a mirror unit being attached to an upper end of the supporting section, the mirror unit having a prism, which reflects the slit light toward an eye of an examinee;
• a microscope unit for observing the eye of the examinee;
• and
• a backlight source for emitting a backlight, which illuminates a circumference of the slit light, toward the eye of the examinee, the backlight source being provided to the mirror unit,
• wherein a backlight power cable, which supplies electric power to the backlight source, is extended from the supporting base to inside of the supporting section and connected to the backlight source in the mirror unit without being exposed outside.