Stethometer
date: label: date made
content: about 1885
label: date made
content: about 1875
name: label: maker
content: Delolme
notes: label: Description
content: Richard Quain, (1816-1898), a physician with an office on Harley St. in London, introduced his stethometer in 1850, describing it as a new instrument for measuring the difference in the mobility of opposite sides of a patient’s chest, that was made to his specifications by Delorme, a local chronometer maker. This device is of that sort. An inscription on the dial reads “DELORME / RATHBONE PLACE / LONDON.” That on the cover reads “COXETER / XX GRAFTON ST EAST / LONDON.” James Coxeter was a surgical instrument maker who began in business in London, probably in 1836.
label: Description
content: Ref: Richard Quain, “The Stethometer,” London Journal of Medicine 22 (1850): 923-927.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miles Davis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0214.06
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0214.06
label: accession number
content: 2010.0214
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hethometer
label: Object Name
content: Stethometer
label: Object Name
content: hethometer
label: Object Name
content: stethometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 3.175 cm x 6.6675 cm