Thermometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- mercury/rectal/Fahrenheit
- DATE
- 1920–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0893.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Ingram & Bell Ltd.
- MODEL
- 1 Minute
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 927564
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- rectal thermometer
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Clear and white glass tube bears scale and other markings printed in red and black; silver mercury visible within tube.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.6 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ingram Bell
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1920s- 1960s; possibly also used later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. This item formerly belonged to Dr. H.B. Lane [1897- c. 1970s], who practiced in Toronto during the 1920s, and was on the staff of Toronto Western Hospital. [Ref.2] - Function
-
To measure internal body temperature via the rectum. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Scale range is 95 to 110, divided in increments of .2 and labelled at intervals of 5; arrow and full gradient line mark point at which human temperature is considered elevated [98.4 degrees] . Also marked on casing is " "RECTAL" 1 MINUTE / INGRAM & BELL LTD./ MADE IN ENGLAND". UHN catalogue no. "990.6.1a" printed by hand in black ink on bulb end.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Clear and white glass tube bears scale and other markings printed in red and black; silver mercury visible within tube.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ingram & Bell Ltd., Thermometer, circa 1920–1970, Artifact no. 2002.0893, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0893.002/
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