Thermometer
name: label: maker
content: Becton, Dickinson and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back, and scale that extends from 92 to 106 degrees F. The inscription on the front of the cardboard box reads in part “B-D / asepto fever thermometer” and “rectal.” That on the back reads in part “WIL-GARD Case.” Becton, Dickinson introduced the term “ASEPTO” to commerce in 1900 and filed for a trademark in 1932. It introduced the term “WIL-GARD” in 1964 and registered a trademark in 1966.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.832
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.832
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer, clinical, rectal
label: Object Name
content: thermometer, clinical, rectal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.8 cm x 13.5 cm x 10 cm; 11/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 13.335 cm x 9.8425 cm