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Tele-Thermometer (YSI)

Health Sciences · Hospital for Sick Children · Hospital for Sick Children · UTSIC

A small (19 cm wide), grey, and rectangular metal instrument with a preeminent dial on its front face that is framed in black plastic. That face has a knurled fastener at each of its four corners and three jacks to the left of the dial (from the viewer’s perspective). To the right of the dial are a knob and a metal switch.

This artifact has a chip in the bottom left corner of the dial’s plastic frame.

Accession Number: 2024.sk.4

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Primary Materials: Iron Aloy, Plastic

Markings:

A green servicing label on the top surface from HSC Medical Engineering includes the following information: Date “Feb 21/05 Due: Feb 21/ 06// Local: 7094, Tech: “JR”
A white label on the top surface reads: “D1052”
There are illegible black in marks on both sides.

Dimensions (cm): Height = 12, Width = 19, Length = 8.5,

Function:

This instrument is used to display temperature as recorded from the tip of a probe. Temperature change can be recorded over time by attaching a recording instrument.

This example was likely used to regularly or continuously obtain accurate body temperatures of anesthetized patients.

Condition:

This artifact has substantial wear on its outer surfaces, especially on on the edges. There are heavy scratches on the top surface; There is a chip in the bottom left corner of the dial’s plastic frame. This artifact does not have its temperature sensing probe.

Associated Instruments:

2016.zoo.35 (This is a similar, likely later version of this instrument that includes a temperature probe).

Manufacturer:

YSI [Yellow Springs Instrument] Inc., Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA

Date of Manufacture: Mid-to-late 20th c.

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