Belt, medical
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/PERSONAL
- DATE
- 1930–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0584.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- THERONOID THERAPEUTIC SOLENOID
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- A288
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- VINYL COVERED BELT HAS BRIGHT CHROME CONTROL PANEL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 54.0 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF DEVICE MOST POPULAR LATE 1920S- EARLY 1930S.
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED FOR, AND PRESUMABLY DISTRIBUTED/SOLD BY, THERONOID OF CANADA, TORONTO ONT. - Function
-
CIRCULAR BELT SLIPPED AROUND BODY FOR SUPPOSED THERAPEUTIC USE. INTEN DED TO ALLEVIATE PAIN BY APPLICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETISM. - Technical
-
THERONOID INTRODUCED IN 1928 BY PHILIP ILSEY OF CLEVELAND: IT WAS A VIRTUAL COPY OF THE EARLIER "I-ON-A-CO" BODY COIL. NICKNAMED "THE MAGIC HORSE COLLAR", IT WAS WORN AROUND THE BODY, AND ONCE PLUGGED IN, WAS RECOMMENDED FOR USE 3 TO 5 TIMES DAILY, EACH TREATMENT LASTING FOR 10 MINUTES. IT WAS SAID TO CURE ALL ILLS. THE SMALL COIL (.2) WAS SIMPLY A PROP: WHEN HELD NEAR THE THERONOID, THE LAMP BULB WOULD LIGHT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 Following info. appears on control box: 'THERONOID/110V. 60CY. 110W./H.E.P.C. - LA 2581/THE APPLIANCE IN SO FAR/AS ITS SAFETY AS AN ELEC-/TRICAL DEVICE IS CONCERNED/HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE/HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER/COMMISSION OF ONTARIO./THIS APPROVAL IN NO WAY/AFFECTS OR CONCERNS THE/THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF THE APPLIANCE'. 'A 288' stamped into side of belt control box..3 Following info. appears on box: 'THERONOID/THERAPEUTIC SOLENOID/MANUFACTURED [FOR]/THERONOID OF CANADA/STERLING TOWER BUILDING, TORONTO, CANADA/THE NEW WAY TO HEALTH', with illustration of belt in use.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- .1 BELT COVERED WITH BLACK VINYL; FITTED WITH CHROME CONTROL PANEL..2 BLACK VINYL COVERING ON COIL; SYNTHETIC COVERING ON LAMP BULB FITTING; GLASS BULB..3 CARDBOARD BOX IS LIGHT BROWN; BLUE TEXT AND ILLUSTRATION.
- Decoration
- .3 BOX FEATURES ILLUSTRATION OF FEMALE NURSE, WEARING THERONOID, WHILE SEATED IN AN OVERSIZED CHAIR.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Belt, medical, circa 1930–1940, Artifact no. 1985.0584, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0584.001/
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