THERMOMETER

Description: CYLINDRICAL CHROME PLATED TUBE WITH GLASS THERMOMETER AND YELLOW CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL STANDARDS. CLYNDRICAL TUBE HAS NICKEL CHROMIUM PLATING OVER COPPER ALONG WITH 1.1CM LONG COLLAR NEAR END. COLLAR HAS SHORT FINS PROTRUDING 0.1CM FROM BODY ON OPPOSITE SIDES RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE TUBE. THE WORD "GERMANY IS STAMPED INTO THE END OF TUBE. THERMOMETER HAS TRIANGULAR BODY WHICH NARROWS AT ONE END TO CYLINDRICAL BULB. BULB CONTAINS MERCURY AND GLASS HAS WHITE BACKGROUND AND BLACK NUMBERING EMBOSSED IN IT. ON BACK READS "-J4707 FARRER ONE-MIN". YELLOW PARCHMENT HAS ORNATE BLACK BORDER AND "CERTIFICATE" IN CALLIGRAPHY STYLE LETTERS. IT ALSO READS "CLINICAL THERMOMETER NO." AND "J4707" HAND WRITTEN. IT RECORDS ITS CERTIFICATION BY "UNITED STATES MEDICAL AGENCIES" AND MANUFACTURE BY "FARRER THERMOMETER COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y.". IT ALSO RECORDS THE DATE IN INK "11/22/23". THE PAPER IS BADLY WARPED AND WRINKLED AND THE BOTTOM EDGE IS DOG-EARED AND TORN.

History: THERMOMETER WAS TAKEN FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.