Photoelectric Apparatus
date: label: Date made
content: 1937
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Photoelectric Apparatus; Rectangular black metal box, hinged lid, The apparatusis divided into two (2) main parts, the registering and the recording systems. The instrument is used to record progressive processes including the coagulability of the blood, the determination of prothrombin, quantitative estimation of fibrin, the sedimentation of erythrocytes and, the quantelation of the Wassermann reaction. See Accession file for related reference material.
label: Description
content: Kaare K. Nygaard (1903-1989) was a surgeon and sculptor from Norway who spent a residency at the Mayo Clinic, moved to White Plains (N.Y.) in 1940, and developed a photoelectric device to measure blood coagulability. An inscription on this example reads “I. ALNAES A/S OSLO / ...; NYGAARD-FALCH / COAGELGRAPH.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Karre Nygaard, 85, Physician and Sculptor,” New York Times (April 25, 1989), p. B10.
label: Description
content: Karre Nygaard, Hemorrhagic Diseases; Photoelectric Study of Blood Coagulability (1941).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Norway
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gail Delgado Nygaard in memory of Kaare K. Nygaard, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0272.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0272.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0272
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photoelectric Apparatus
label: Object Name
content: Photo-Electric Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 cm x 46 cm x 23.3 cm; 10 5/8 in x 18 1/8 in x 9 3/16 in