APPARATUS, METABOLISM
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PROTRACTOR & METABOLISM MEASURE C/W CASE
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, DENIM
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035178
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PROTRACTOR & METABOLISM MEASURE C/W CASE
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, DENIM
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 0.3
- Length
- 30.0
- Width
- 7.8
- Description
- 1. CASE - 0.3CM(H) X 30.0CM(L) X 7.8CM(W). GREEN, DENIM. STITCHED AROUND OUTSIDE EDGE. HAS TWO COMPARTMENTS. A PIECE OF WHITE DENIM SEPARATES THE TWO COMPARTMENTS. 2. PROTRACTOR - 1.0CM(H) X 22.5CM(L) X 2.6CM(W). SILVER, METAL. TWO STRAIGHT RULERS ATTACHED BY A VERTICAL PIECE AT EACH END. THERE IS A LARGE HEADED RIVET THROUGH A SLOT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH VERTICAL PIECE. THERE IS ALSO A SMALLER RIVET AT THE TOP OF EACH VERTICAL PIECE. THE UPPER RULER MEASURES UP TO SEVEN INCHES. PRINTED ON THE LOWER RULER IN BLACK IS "SET PROTRACTOR ACCORDING TO LITER THRUST - SEE INSTRUCTION JONES METABOLISM EQUIPMENT CO., CHICAGO". 3. METABOLISM MEASURE - 0.3CM(H) X 28.6CM(L) X 5.0CM(W). METAL RULER. ONE SIDE HAS TWO LIPS WHICH ACT AS SLIDES FOR TWO RULERS BETWEEN THEM. THERE ARE VARIOUS MEASUREMENTS PRINTED ON THIS SIDE. THE REVERSE HAS "DIRECTIONS" PRINTED ON IT IN BLACK, FOLLOWED BY THE DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE RULER. AT THE BOTTOM IT READS "JONES METABOLISM EQUIPMENT CO. 315 HONORE ST. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS". THE REVERSE HAS SOME DISCOLORATION.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- USED TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN USED BY PATIENT IN A RESTING METABOLIC STATE. CAME IN AUTOCLAVE P19990035176-GA. SEE P19990035001-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035178
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
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