Fluoroscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND HELD
- DATE
- 1920–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0455.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PATTERSON SCREEN CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD OR WOOD PRODUCT? CASING/ WOOD HANDLE/ METAL FITTINGS/ SYNTHETIC COVERING/ VELVET PADDING/ LEAD GLASS SCREEN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- 32.0 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
- PATTERSON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Towanda
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SCREEN USED IN THE 1920S-1940S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED BY RADIOLOGIST TO EXAMINE PATIENT DURING IRRADIATION - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following information appears on plate screwed to instrument " Patterson/ X RAY/ Screens". Second plate, above, reads "WARNING/ USE OF THIS DEVICE MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO/ PATIENT AND OPERATOR UNLESS SAFE PRO-/ CEDURES ARE KNOWN AND FOLLOWED. SEE/ ATTACHED CIRCULAR NO. F4- IF LOST WRITE/ FOR ANOTHER COPY. LEAD EQUIVALENTS:/ LEAD GLASS COVERING SCREEN IS 15 MM./ THE PATTERSON SCREEN CO./ TOWANDA, PA.U.S.A.".
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER? COVERING/ BLACK PAINTED HANDLE/ PLATED METAL/ BLACK VELVET/ BLACK LEAD GLASS COVERING ON SCREEN
- Decoration
- N/A
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PATTERSON SCREEN CO., Fluoroscope, circa 1920–1940, Artifact no. 1983.0455, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0455.001/
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