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Traveling Scale
Photographer: Michael Sean Nix
Taken: November 25, 2009
Caption: Traveling Scale
Additional Description: When physicians mixed their own medications, small scales were needed to determine the proper amounts of each component. This example folds into a tin carrying case, and could be used by the doctor during a house call.
Submitted: November 27, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p87321
File Size: 1.600 Megabytes

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