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Artifact Name	Prescription Scale
Type of Object	Scale, drug
Manufacturer	N.V. Randolph & Co.
Place of Manufacture	Richmond (Va.)
Date of Manufacture	1885-1895
Time Period	Nineteenth century
Dimensions	4.5 cm. x 7.5 cm. x 4 cm.
Physical Details	Stainless steel pocket prescription scale in a steel case. "DR. C. H. FITCH'S PRESCRIPTION SCALE" stamped on the outside of the case, along with patent date of Sept 29 1885 and manufacturer's mark. Inside of the case is a small pan, which is attached to a pin. A steel tab with a scale on it slides into the pan to adjust the desired amount, measured in grains with capacity from 1/2 grain to 20 grains. Also included in this set is a spatula with a folding handle, which fits inside of the box. Fits inside of a cardboard box.
Medical Subject	Drug Compounding
Accession Number	1987.1.4
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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