Thermometer
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer in a wooden frame, designed for determining the temperature of bath water. The “DR. FORBES SPECIFICATIONS” inscription on the paper label refers to John Forbes (1787-1861), a Scottish physician who recommended therapeutic bathing.
label: Description
content: Ref: John Forbes, et. al., The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine (London, 1833), vol. 1, p. 260.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12888.09
label: catalog number
content: M-12888
label: accession number
content: 288176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 9 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.54 cm x 25.0825 cm x 2.8575 cm