Hemoglobinometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: C. Reichert Optical Company
notes: label: Description
content: A hemoglobinometer measures the amount of hemoglobin in blood. This example is based on the design of Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow (also known as Ernst Fleischl von Marxow) (1846-1891), a Viennese physiologist and physician. The “C. REICHERT / WIEN” inscription on the inside lid of the box is that of an important optical company in Vienna.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ira S. Wile, Blood Examination in Surgical Diagnosis (New York, 1908), pp. 18-22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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: 1978.2189.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.2189
label: catalog number
content: 1978.2189.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diagnostic
label: Object Name
content: hemoglobinometer
label: Object Name
content: blood testing apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: hemoglobinometer; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; brass; wood; glass; fabric; leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: stage: 7.9 cm x 6 cm; 3 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 5 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 14.605 cm x 14.605 cm