Thermometer (Axila)
date: label: date made
content: before 1923
name: label: maker
content: Taylor Instrument Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Mercury-in-glass axilla thermometer with a spherical bulb and a milk-white back, designed to be placed in the armpit to measure body temperature. The scale extends from 92 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, divided in fifths. Inscriptions read “766417” and “TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COMPANIES / ROCHESTER, N.Y.” The Taylor Instrument Companies began operating as such in 1907. The firm gave this instrument to the Smithsonian in 1923.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Taylor Instrument Companies
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07712
label: catalog number
content: M-07712
label: accession number
content: 70532
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thermometer, clinical
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; .635 cm x 12.065 cm x 2.8575 cm