UV light treatment apparatus
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH FREQUENCY/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0375.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Branston, Chas. A. Co.
- MODEL
- SINUSOIDAL CONTROLLER 27
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3914
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD HANDLE, CASE, SINUSOIDAL & PLATE/ CASE COVERED WITH SEALGRAIN LEATHER, LINED WITH VELVET/ GLASS ELECTRODES/ METAL HANDLES (2), MASSAGE ROLLER & NO. 2 METAL/ PLASTIC BUTTONS & LABEL/ METAL LOCK & HANDLE/ FABRIC-COVERED ELECTRIC CORD.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.0 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 17.5 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
- Branston
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
GENERAL HOME TREATMENT DEVICE UTILIZING UV RAYS & HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENT FOR RELIEF OF A VARIETY OF AILMENTS - Technical
-
ADVERTISED AS TREATING EVERYTHING FROM CONSTIPATION TO CANCER, ANEURISMS TO ACNE, SUCH DEVICES WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR C. 1900- 1930. UV LIGHT TREATMENT AND ELECTRO-THERAPY APPARATUS REFLECT THE GENERAL POPULATION'S FACINATION WITH ELECTRICITY AND MFRS' WILLINGNESS TO EXPLOIT THIS FACINATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Label around button reads 'THE BRANSTON SINUSOIDAL CONTROLLER/MANUFACTURED BY CHAS. A. BRANSTON COMPANY/ TORONTO, CANADA/0-100 VOLTS'/2 plates reading 'SINUSOIDAL-HIGH FREQUENCY'/another label in case cover reading 'MANUFACTURED BY CHAS.A.BRANSTON CO./TORONTO-CANADA/X-RAY & ELECTRO-MEDICAL APPLIANCES/MODEL 27/NO.3914'.
- Missing
- NO. 12 VAGINAL ELECTRODE, NO. 15 RECTAL, NO. 18 URETHRAL, 2SPONGES NO. 101, NO. 121 ELECTRIC BULB, SINUSOIDAL CHART & COPY OF D EBERHART'S MANUAL.
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED WOOD/ BLACK WRINKLE FINISH LEATHER/ TRANSPARENT GLASS/ NICKEL PLATED METAL/ BLACK PLASTIC (LABEL HAS GOLD LETTERING)/B LACK BRAID MATERIAL CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Branston, Chas. A. Co., UV light treatment apparatus, circa 1917, Artifact no. 1986.0375, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0375.001/
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