Hemometer, which consists of several parts housed in a hinged box; the box (a) is made of leatherette-covered wood, and lined with dark blue velvet in the bottom and dark blue satin in the top; the top of the box is hinged at the back and has two hinged clasps at the front; the following pieces areā¦
Hemometer, which consists of several parts housed in a hinged box; the box (a) is made of leatherette-covered wood, and lined with dark blue velvet in the bottom and dark blue satin in the top; the top of the box is hinged at the back and has two hinged clasps at the front; the following pieces are stored in the inside bottom of the box: (b) a glass blood pipette with rubber tubing and a plastic mouthpiece; the pipette is cylindrical in shape with a small hollow centre; one end of the pipette is tapered to an open point; the other end is round and open and has a length of rubber tubing attached; the other end of the rubber tubing has an attached mouthpiece; the mouthpiece is cylindrical in shape and hollow; the unattached end is round and open and has a rim, which allows the user to easily hold it in the lips; another piece in the kit is (c), a rectangular-shaped wooden stand on a rectangular wood and metal base; the stand has an oval open front, glass back and three holes in the top and bottom to allow it to support two colour standards and a blood dilution tube; (d,e) top end; these standards are placed either side of (f) a hollow cylindrical glass blood dilution tube; the tube is closed and rounded at the bottom and has an open round top; the sides have two scales printed on them; the last piece included in the box is (g) a metal automatic adjustable blood lancet; the lancet is cylindrical in shape with a rounded end that moves up and down on a threaded section to reveal a sharp pointed tip; the other end is round and pulls back to cock the lancet; a triangular side release mechanism will release the blade when pushed inwards.
Number Of Parts
7
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 17.0 cm. x Width 9.2 cm. x Depth 3.3 cm.
b - blood pipette - Size: Length 35.2 cm. x Diameter0.7 cm.
c - stand - Size: Length 11.9 cm. x Width 5.5 cm. x Depth 2.7 cm.
d - colour standard - Size: Length 11.2 cm. x Diameter0.7 cm.
e - colour standard - Size: Length 10.7 cm. x Diameter0.7 cm.
f - blood dilution tube - Size: Length 11.4 cm. x Diameter0.7 cm.
g - blood lancet - Size: Length 10.4 cm. x Width 0.8 cm. x Depth 0.9 cm.
Provenance
Owned and used by Dr. James Eadie Fraser, Queen's University Faculty of Medicine graduate 1916-1917.
(a) The top of the box has the word, "Haemometer" stamped into it; there is a piece if cloth tape attached to the left side of the box which has the letters "Hgb" written on in ink; (b) the side of the pipette is stamped, "YANKEE CERTIFIED ADAMS GERMANY"; there is also an increment line and the number "20 cmm"; (f) the blood dilution tube has two incremented scales on the outside; one is in increments of 1 from 2 to 19; the other is in increments of 10 from 10 to 140; between the two scales are the words, "100% = 13.8 GRAMS HARTZ"; (g) the words, "ADAMS // ADAMS // U.S.A." are stamped onto the release mechanism of the lancet
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F6-9
Condition Remarks
(a) The box shows wear, but is complete; moving parts (back hinges and front clasps) move freely; (b) the end of the pipette is slightly chipped; the rubber is flexible and the plastic mouthpiece is complete and undamaged; (c) the stand is complete but has been taped to its base with cloth tape; (d) is complete and undamaged; (e) the colour standard has been broken near the top; this had been repaired, but the adhesive has failed and it is in two pieces; (f) the blood dilution tube has no chips, cracks or breaks, but shows minor staining inside; (g) the blood lancet moves freely, but shows a small amount of corrosion underneath the release mechanism piece
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Reference Comments
"Blakiston's Illustrated Pocket Medical Dictionary", edited by Normand L. Hoerr, M.D. and Arthur Osol, Ph.D., 1952, p. 321; "Pilling Instruments and Equipment for Surgeons and Hospitals", by The George Pilling & Son Co., 1932, p. 166; Ohiolink record
Research Facts
A hemometer or hemoglobinometer is an instrument for determining the concentration of the respiratory pigment of the red blood cells in blood.