Summary
Made: Mayer & Meltzer, Surgical Instrument Makers, circa 1848 - 1950. Used in a mental health hospital in Victoria for determining sugar in urine. Especially in the diagnosis of diabetes.
Physical Description
Saccharometer consists of a long, 1.5cm diameter tube, closed at 1 end and divided into 2 openings at the other. One is short, tapered nozzle and the other a short, tubular neck. Has measures marked down side. Also 18cm. long test tube, marked with measures on side, a smaller, flat-ended test tube, marked with measures, and a brass detachable handle consisting of horizontal slit ring attached to slightly smaller vertical slit ring.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Inscriptions
[torn label] urine Sacchorometer/(REGISTERED)/Sole Manufacturers./MAYER & MELTZER,/Surgical Instrument/Makers/[instructions for use] printed on label.
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Exhibition Collection Management
370 mm (Width), 95 mm (Depth), 38 mm (Height)
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overall dimensions
370 mm (Length), 95 mm (Depth), 45 mm (Height)
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References
Information on container
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Keywords
Diabetes, Medical Diagnostic Tests, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
