The Weatherill Color Tests: Blood, Urine, Fecal, Moisture
date: label: date made
content: 1904
name: label: publisher
content: George P. Pilling and Son Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cloth covered, hard bound book containing a set of color scales for diagnostic tests of blood, urine, moisture and feces. Color scales included: Ante-mortem Blood Colors (represent the colors of blood based on the percentage of oxyhemoglobin present), Post-Morten Blood Colors (represent blood 24 hours after death, based on the percent hemoglobin), Colors of Urine, Moisture Colors (representing relative humidity but also used to test the moisture of the skin, Fecal Cloth covered, hard bound book containing a set of color scales for diagnostic tests of blood, urine, moisture and feces. Color scales included: Ante-mortem Blood Colors (representing the colors of blood based on the percentage of oxyhemoglobin present), Post-Mortem Blood Colors (representing the colors of blood 24 hours after death, based on the percent of hemoglobin present), Colors of Urine (representing the colors of urine in health and disease), Moisture Colors (representing relative humidity but also used to test the moisture of the skin), Fecal Color Scale (representing the colors of the bowel movement in health and disease, in children and adults). A descriptive classification of the fecal colors follows the color scale, from number 1 ("White. Pasty. Ipecac. Parasites, Jaundice") to number 100 ("Melaena. Obstinate constipation."). Each color scale is circular with an approximately 2 cm. diameter cut-out in the center for comparing the sample to the colors on the scale. A pocket at the front of the book contains an envelope of circular test papers. A pocket in the back of the book holds a paper postal card addressed to Professor Langley, Smithsonian Institute [sic], Washington, D.C. from George P. Pilling & Son, dated 1/10/1905, and stating: "Dear Sir; We are pleased to send you a complimentary copy of the Wetherill Color test Book."
label: Description
content: Dr. Henry Emerson Wetherill (1871–1946) was a surgeon and an inventor from Pennsylvania. In 1906 he was awarded the Longstreth Medal by the Franklin Institute for his diagnostic instruments.
label: Description
content: Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) served as the Smithsonian’s third Secretary, from 1887 to 1906. This book of diagnostic color tests was sent to him by the publisher, G. P. Pilling & Son, in 1905. The book was added to the Smithsonian Libraries collection. In 2020 it was transferred to the artifact collections of the Division of Medicine & Science at the National Museum of American History.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: associated subject
content: Medical Diagnostics
label: associated subject
content: Urine-Analysis
label: associated subject
content: Blood-Analysis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2020.0035.01
label: accession number
content: 2020.0035
label: catalog number
content: 2020.0035.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diagnostic test book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 16.8 cm x 1.4 cm; 4 11/32 in x 6 5/8 in x 9/16 in