Spinal Demonstrator
date: label: associated dates
content: 1939 00 00
notes: label: Description
content: The Spinal Demonstrator—a chromium plated model mounted on a black wooden board, made to simulate the human spine—was devised by Thurman G. Fleet (1895-1983), a chiropractor in San Antonio, Texas. An inscription on this example reads “FLEET'S / Spinal Demonstrator / MODEL No. 9 / Thurman Fleet / 331 ROSEMARY AVENUE . SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS / . . .”
label: Description
content: Ref: Thurman G. Fleet, “Anatomical Demonstrating Device,” U.S. Patent 2,197,975 (April 23, 1940).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Texas, San Antonio
label: associated place
content: United States: Texas, San Antonio
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0009.01
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0009.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spine
label: Object Name
content: spine, chiropractic teaching model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, chromium (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 86 cm x 26 cm x 22 cm; 33 27/32 in x 10 1/4 in x 8 21/32 in