Digital photograph of a Japanese hemoglobinometer in a dark blue fabric-lined case. The case has been set on a gray counter, and the lid opened to reveal the set inside. An instruction sheet printed in Japanese can be seen tucked into the inner lid. Two pieces of paper have been set on the counter to the right of the case.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 41
1939-1945
A Japanese hemoglobinometer, found in the Pacific Theater during World War II by John B. White, M.D., and donated by him in January 1945. The instrument is in a black leatherette case measuring 15 x 9 cm. The case lid is imprinted with gold Japanese characters, and a printed instruction sheet is slipped behind a ribbon stay in the inner lid. The set contains: 1) two glass comparison tubes filled with picrocarmine glycerin and enclosed in a black plastic stand, 2) graduated glass tube marked in grams and millimeters, 3) long, nozzle-shaped glass pipette with rubber tubing attached to one end, 4) long metal tube housing a lance, 5) two glass stirrers, 6) small glass blood sample tube with rubber stopper, housed in a black plasctic case, and 7) a cleaning brush. The set is generally in good condition, although the rubber has become brittle.