Derma Therm-o-graph 500
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978
notes: label: Description
content: Walter Vernon Pierce (1930-1993) was a chiropractor with degrees from the Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa, and a practice in Dravosburg, Pa. He was also the founder and president of Derma Therm, Inc. The term “Derma Therm” was introduced to commerce in 1964 and registered as a trademark in 1984. One inscription on this device reads “DERMA THERM INC.” Another reads “Derma Therm-o-graph 500.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Walter V. Pierce, “Method for Charting Temperature Deviations,” U.S. Patent 3,306,282 (Feb. 28, 1967).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Palmer College of Chiropractic
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0196.06
label: accession number
content: 1980.0196
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0196.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermograph, chiropractic
label: Object Name
content: dermathermograph
label: Other Terms
content: thermograph, chiropractic; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, meter: 7 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 21.59 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, gun: 4 in x 8 in x 7 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm x 19.685 cm