Axilla Thermometer and Case
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass axilla thermometer with an ivory plate. The "Z. D. GILMAN WASHINGTON D.C." inscription is that of Zadok Douglas Gilman (1816-1874), a pharmacist in Washington.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 2019.0108.24
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0108.24
label: accession number
content: 2019.0108
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer, clinical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; metal; ivory or bone; mercury; wood; paper; textile (overall (thermometer) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, thermometer: 9 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, case (closed): 9 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 in; 24.13 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, case (closed): 3/4 in x 9 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 23.3045 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, thermometer: 3/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 22.225 cm x 3.4925 cm