Hemometer
date: label: date made
content: after 1936
name: label: maker
content: F. Hellige & Co.
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. An inscription on the lid of this case reads “HELLIGE HEMOMETER / MADE IN U.S.A.” A paper label identifies this as a Model 304. F. Hellige & Co. was established in Freiburg, Germany, in 1895. An American branch of the firm was established in Long Island City, N.Y., in the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Lamp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0378.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0378
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0378.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hemometer
label: Object Name
content: diagnostic
label: Object Name
content: blood testing apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 4 in; 5.715 cm x 15.875 cm x 10.16 cm