Manometer
Date
1920s
Sitter
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849 - 1936, Russian) , Physiologist
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 99mm
width (print): 147mm
width (print): 147mm
Subject
Description
Ivan Pavlov as an older man and a laboratory assistant sit in front of a manometer; an instrument used, in this instance, to measure the levels of saliva in the mouth of a dog. The two men sit outside of the ‘dog room’, with the operator looking inside at the subject.
An original typescript caption with one manuscript addition verso reads: “For Dr. Elliott, Prof. Pavlov watching an experiment on dog. Stimulation by pressing on bulb; the flow of saliva is measured by the manometer shown on the outside of the door.”
One of a group of nine photographs sent to Thomas Renton Elliott FRS (1877-1961), apparently by Pavlov, and presented by Elliott to Hugh Sinclair in 1945-1946.
Possibly taken at the Institute for Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg, Russia. Pavlov was the Director of the Institute’s Physiology Department from 1890 until the end of his life.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) Russian physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1907.
An original typescript caption with one manuscript addition verso reads: “For Dr. Elliott, Prof. Pavlov watching an experiment on dog. Stimulation by pressing on bulb; the flow of saliva is measured by the manometer shown on the outside of the door.”
One of a group of nine photographs sent to Thomas Renton Elliott FRS (1877-1961), apparently by Pavlov, and presented by Elliott to Hugh Sinclair in 1945-1946.
Possibly taken at the Institute for Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg, Russia. Pavlov was the Director of the Institute’s Physiology Department from 1890 until the end of his life.
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) Russian physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1907.
Object history
Donated to the Royal Society by the University of Reading, 2012. The University of Reading houses the papers of Hugh Sinclair.