Object Details
- Description
- Richard Quain, (1816-1898), a physician with an office on Harley St. in London, introduced his stethometer in 1850, describing it as a new instrument for measuring the difference in the mobility of opposite sides of a patient’s chest, that was made to his specifications by Delorme, a local chronometer maker. This device is of that sort. An inscription on the dial reads “DELORME / RATHBONE PLACE / LONDON.” That on the cover reads “COXETER / XX GRAFTON ST EAST / LONDON.” James Coxeter was a surgical instrument maker who began in business in London, probably in 1836.
- Ref: Richard Quain, “The Stethometer,” London Journal of Medicine 22 (1850): 923-927.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Delolme
- date made
- about 1885
- about 1875
- Credit Line
- Miles Davis
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- glass (part: material)
- wood (overall material)
- felt (part: material)
- fabric (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 3.175 cm x 6.6675 cm
- Object Name
- Hethometer
- Stethometer
- hethometer
- stethometer
