Pipe, light
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- OBJECT TYPE
- examination/oral
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0477.009
- MANUFACTURER
- Burton Mfg. Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 9
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Dentistry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Burton
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
-
VITALOMETER PULP TESTER WAS A HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT USED TO STIMULATE THE PULP OF TEETH. IF THE TOOTH WAS VITAL (HEALTHY), A TINGLING SENSATION OR WARMTH WOULD BE FELT BY THE PATIENT WHEN THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE ELECTRODE, WHICH WAS PLACED DIRECTLY ON THE TOOTH. IF THE TOOTH IS NONVITAL, NO SENSATION WILL BE FELT/ THE ELECTRODE IS PLACED ON THE TOOTH, THE VITALOMETER INDICATOR IS MOVED UPWARD FROM 0, & THE PATIENT SIGNALS WHEN A RESPONSE IS FELT (TORRES, PP.492-495). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- Base is mostly broken off.
- Finish
- Clear colourless rod with a black synthetic base
- Decoration
- N/A
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Burton Mfg. Co. Inc., Pipe, light, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.0477, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0477.009/
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