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OBJECT TYPE: CT scanner/short
DATE: 1980–1985
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1319.003

MANUFACTURER: Eschmann Bros. & Walsh Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England

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General Information

Serial #: 995
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 9
AKA: couch
Patents: N/A
General Description: PRIMARILY METAL CONSTRUCTION; SYNTHETIC AND METAL FITTINGS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 143.0 cm
Width: 70.0 cm
Height: 90.0 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: Eschmann Walsh
Country: England
State/Province: Sussex
City: Shoreham-by-Sea

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS TYPE OF SCANNER PROBABLY USED C. 1980S.
Canada: THIS SCANNER USED AT MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE FIRST INSTITUTION IN CANADA TO INSTALL A CT SCANNER (EMI MK 1). IN 1985 MNI INSTALLED A HIGH-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGER/SPECTROMETER (MRI). THE FIRST IN CANADA. MNI HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AND RADIOSURGERY IN CANADA. ( REF. 2, P.373)
Function: TO VIEW AND/OR PHOTOGRAPH HUMAN BRAIN IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE ILLNESS, OR PLAN AND MONITOR TREATMENT.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF C. 1980S CT-SCANNER USED FOR INVESTIGATION & DIAGNOSIS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF BRAIN DISEASES. UNLIKE EARLIER, HIGHLY INTRUSIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, THE SCANNER OPERATES WITHOUT RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OR AIR INJECTIONS, AND OPTIONALLY WITHOUT USE OF CONTRAST MEDIA. BELIEVED TO HAVE REPLACED 881320 AT MNI.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Short couch: Bears identical mfr's plate, including SN, in lower left corner of frame. Plate screwed to lower right corner of same end of frame reads: " CN 2003 ". Control panel behind access door [missing] on base, at opposite end: all controls, etc. labelled. " LOWER " and directional arrow printed on label, to left of control panel access.
Missing: N/A
Finish: COUCH HAS BLACK FRAME; OFF-WHITE SIDE PANELS & SKIRTING, FITTED WITH BLACK EGG-CRATE NOISE-DAMPING PANELS ON UNDERSIDE; COUCH TOP IS BEIGE, WITH GREY TRIM.
Decoration: N/A

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Eschmann Bros. & Walsh Ltd., Bed, circa 1980–1985, Artifact no. 1988.1319, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1319.003/

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