General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Clear and white glass tube bears scale and other markings printed in 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

15.6 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

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

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 thermometer reputed to be first clinical thermometer used in Toronto: used by Dr. H.H. Wright [1816- 1899] [Ref. 2]

Function

To measure internal body temperature.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Scale range is 95 to 110+, divided in increments of .5 and labelled at intervals of 5. UHN catalogue no. "X934.17 A" printed by hand in white ink on bulb end.

Missing

Appears complete. Case appears to have space for two (2) thermometers, although only one (1) present.

Finish

Clear and white glass tube bears scale and other markings printed in black; silver mercury visible within tube.

Decoration

N/A