NEUROMICROMETER
notes: label: Description
content: The Neuromicrometer made by the Triplett Electric Instrument Co., in Blufton, Ohio, is an ohmmeter that measures electrical resistances. According to advertisements, it could diagnose lung ailments, cancer, circulatory disorders, spinal or pelvic conditions, and 30 other diseases or ailments. The FDA seized this example, and transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1967.An inscription reads “MODEL F114 / 115 VOLTS / 60 CYCLE, 40 WATTS.”
label: Description
content: “Blufton-Made Meters Find Incredible Uses In The Modern World of Science,” <i>The Blufton News</i> (May 15, 1954).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.274347.067
label: accession number
content: 274347
label: catalog number
content: M-12075
label: catalog number
content: 274347.067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrotherapeutic Device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 18 1/4 in x 14 in; 26.035 cm x 46.355 cm x 35.56 cm