Long, slender, glass mercury thermometer with degrees marked indelibly in F; accompanied by a black Bakelite case.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - thermometer - Size: Length 10.2 cm x Diam. 0.5 cm
b - case bottom - Size: Length 8.7 cm x Diam. 1.5 cm
c - case top - Size: Length 3.4 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. J. Hannah of Toronto; Dr. Weston L. Herriman.
Maker
J. F. Hartz Co.
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Material
glass: clear
mercury: silver
plastic: black
Inscriptions
Fahrenheit scale inscribed on thermometer; the numbers "369816"; "J.F. Hartz" in script..
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F4-4
Condition Remarks
Numbers 95-99 are faded; #2: thermometer cover shows moderate signs of use; has a small patch of brown deposit on the bakelite lid; glass thermometer has no cracks; numbers are fading; minor scratches on the top end.
This artefact is part of a set of surgical instruments belonging to Dr. Weston L. Herriman, who was one of the first nine students who graduated in 1855 from the newly formed School of Medicine at the Church of Scotland-affiliated University of Queen's College (1854, Kingston, Ont.). The nine senior students had transferred from the Anglican Upper Canada School of Medicine (Toronto) to the new school at Queen's.
Exhibit History
Agnes Etherington Art Centre - July 2002; on display in "When Medicine Met Science" exhibit, Ann Baillie Building, April 29, 2003