Haemometer
notes: label: Description
content: A haemometer (or hemoglobinometer) is used to determine the quantity of hemoglobin in blood. The form proposed in 1902 by Hermann Sahli (1856-1933), a professor of medicine at the University of Bern, in Switzerland, compares the color of the tested blood, treated with hydrochloric acid, with standard colors. The inscription on the case of this example reads “PERFECTED / SAHLI HAEMOMETER / TIP-TOP.”
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: 1984.1044.01
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1044.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.1044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diagnostic
label: Object Name
content: blood testing apparatus
label: Object Name
content: hemometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 3.4925 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm