Fluoroscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/HAND HELD
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0555.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- hand fluoroscope
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- silver metal frame; off-white lead-lined shield; yellow-green paper (?) screen insert
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 49.0 cm
- Width
- 24.4 cm
- Height
- 16.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Radiology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This example used in 1950s.
- Canada
-
Used at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto ON by Dr. N.L. Patt in 1950s. - Function
-
TO ENABLE THE INTERNAL EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT BY MEANS OF X-RAYS WHICH PRODUCE VARIOUS SHADOW DENSITIES ON A FLUORESCENT SCREEN. - Technical
-
Identified as a hand fluoroscope. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 200501 RAD- A- LERT FGP" printed along upper edge of paper screen, above orange border. UHN catalogue no. "980.24" printed by hand in black ink on frame, near attachment point with handle.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Rectangular silver aluminum metal frame fitted with rigid tubular handgrip; clear glass window over yellow-green paper? (film ?) ; off-white leaded rubber shield secured to lower edge of viewer, below handgrip, forms protective drape for operator. Base/underside of viewer is black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Fluoroscope, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2002.0555, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0555.001/
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