I visited the wonderful Brooklyn Flea yesterday and came across this orchidometer from the 1960s. The one we used back in my pediatric training was wood. It even came with a handy leather carrying case! So, of course I had to add it to my growing collection of medical antiquities.
orchidometer or·chi·dom·e·ter (ôr’kĭ-dŏm’ĭ-tər):
a medical instrument used to measure the volume of the testicles to track testicular development in children
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