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97/64/1 Digital thermometer and packaging, 'DIGITAL FEVER THERMOMETER', plastic/glass/paper, Becton Dickinson, China, [1994]

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Object statement
Digital thermometer and packaging, 'DIGITAL FEVER THERMOMETER', plastic/glass/paper, Becton Dickinson, China, [1994]
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Information printed on packaging states that Becton Dickinson distributes the digital thermometers.

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Description
Digital thermometer and packaging, 'DIGITAL FEVER THERMOMETER', plastic/glass/paper, Becton Dickinson, China, [1994].
Thermometers such as these are sold by organisations like Natural Family Planning Services, to couples using natural family planning methods. The thermometer is used by the woman to record her daily vaginal temperature.
(-1)Thermometer, metal tip, digital display window in cream plastic casing.
(-2)Cream plastic lid for thermometer.
(-3)Blue plastic packaging, supports thermometer in cardboard box.
(-4)Cardboard box, with blue and red type, 'DIGITAL FEVER THERMOMETER'.
(-5)Leaflet, folded, giving instructions for use of thermometer in french and english

Made: China; 1994


Owned: Becton Dickinson Inc; Canada
Marks
(-3)Distribution and manufacturing information printed in French and English onto cardboard box, on rear, blue print, 'BECTON / DICKINSON / Made in China / FabriquÂ? en Chine / Distributed by / DistribuÂ? par / Becton Dickinson Inc. Mississauga, Ontario L5J2M8'.
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
97/64/1
Production date
1994

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1997

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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+ Natural family planning
+ Birth control
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/158843 |title=97/64/1 Digital thermometer and packaging, 'DIGITAL FEVER THERMOMETER', plastic/glass/paper, Becton Dickinson, China, [1994] |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=25 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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