Petechiometer
Petechiometer
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- Description
- The Petechiometer—exclusive with Rexall—was advertised in 1948 as "a new device used in the measurement of capillary fragility. It is a simplifi- cation of the suction-type resistometer used in the Dalldorf test.” An inscription on this example reads “REXALL DRUG CO.” Gilbert J. Dalldorf (1900-1979) was a pathologist, virologist, teacher and administrator who received a Lasker Award in 1959 for the discovery of the Coxsackie virus, a virus often found alongside polio.
- Ref: Ad in The American Journal of Nursing 48 (Aug. 1948): 63.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Petechiometer
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 3/4 in x 4 in x 4 in; 17.145 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-06518
- catalog number
- M-06518
- accession number
- 180479
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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