THERMOMETER

Description: NICKEL-PLATED THERMOMETER CASE WITH LID, 4 PIECES TOTAL. 1. THERMOMETER CASE, METAL, EXHIBITS SIGNIFICANT WEAR AND CORROSION WHERE LID ATTACHES. WEAR APPARENT ALONG BOTTOM EDGES OF CASE. INSIDE OF CASE IS BISECTED INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS, EXHIBITS SIGNIFICANT CORROSION AND BUILD-UP OF WHITISH-GREEN SUBSTANCE INSIDE COMPARTMENTS (0.5 X 8.9 X 0.9). 2. THERMOMETER CASE LID, METAL, "CADUCEUS" RELIEF INSIGNIA ON TOP OF LID, FINISH IS WORN SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG BOTH SIDES OF LID AND ALONG BOTTOM EDGE OF LID. INSIDE EXHIBITS CORROSION AND BUILD-UP OF WHITISH-GREEN SUBSTANCE, NUMEROUS SCRATCHES APPARENT THROUGHOUT (1.7 X 4.9 X 1.0). 3. RECTAL THERMOMETER, MERCURY TYPE, MARKED, " T9204 INGRAM & BELL LTD., CANADA, RECTAL ", INTERVALS AND MARKINGS IN BLACK, BLUE BULB, (0.4 X 10.6) 4. ORAL THERMOMETER, MERCURY TYPE, MARKED, "INGRAM & BELL LTD" IN RED AND "(1 & B#5-561), JAPAN" IN BLUE, INTERVALS IN RED AND BLACK, SOME INTERVALS WORN, SOME MARKINGS ARE WORN AND UNDISCERNABLE, SILVER BULB, (0.4 X 10.6).

History: PART OF THE CONTENTS OF DR. EDMUND CAIRNS' DOCTOR BAG. LIKELY PURCHASED FROM DRUG STORE. USED ORALLY OR RECTALLY. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY DR. GORE-HICKMAN, LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN AND FORMER PEER OF DR. CAIRNS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE P20060034001 AND PERMANENT FILE.