General Information

Serial #

6C-50

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, GLASS, PLASTIC, WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length

85.0 cm

Width

52.5 cm

Height

84.0 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

Cox

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1953-1965, LITTLE USE SINCE THAT TIME/ MODERN VERSIONS OF THIS DEVICE STILL USED (1995)

Canada

THISDEVICE WAS CONCEIVED & DESIGNED BY AN OUTSTANDING MEDICAL RESEARCHER WHO WAS RAISED & EDUCATED IN CANADA/ HE IS A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA & THE ORDER OF ONTARIO/ HE IS RECOGNIZED AS THE PIONEER & FOUNDER OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY & BIOFEEDBACK TREATMENTS & HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER MEDICAL FIELDS

Function

USED TO OBSERVE & RECORD THE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF A MUSCLE

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY ADAPTED TO OTHER USES - THE COMPACT SIZE OF OSCILLOSCOPES DEVELOPED FOR AIRCRAFT IN WWII MADE THEM IDEAL FOR THIS APPARATUS/ THE EMG IS THE FIRST OF A TYPE OF APPARATUS WHICH IS STILL WIDELY USED/ MODERN VERSIONS HAVE MORE CHANNELS & ARE COMPUTER CONTROLLED

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATES ON FRONT 'SER. No.6C/50/ SPECIAL SIX CHANNEL ELECTRO-MYOGRAPH/ 110 VOLTS 60 C.P.S. 400 WATTS/ STANLEY COX LTD./ LONDON ENGLAND', 'PRESENTED TO THE/ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO/ BY THE/ J.P. BICKELL FOUNDATION/ 1953'/ STICKER SHOWS U OF T CREST & INCLUDES 'UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO'/ MKGS FOR EACH CHANNEL CONTROLS 'BRILLIANCE/ LF NORMAL RF/ CUT CUT/ A B C D E/ SENSITIVITY/ CAL. OFF PAT.'/ AROUND OTHER CONTROLS 'MAINS/ ON', 'INCREASE/ L.S. VOLUME', '30 100 300 1000/ CALIBRATION []V P-P', 'OFF 100 300/ SWEEP DURATION mS', '1 2 3 4 5 6/ CHANNEL/ SELECTOR's,'C.R.O.', 'CAMERA/ ON'/ ON FRONT OF CAMERA INCLUDE 'AIRMEC/ OSCILLOSCOPE CAMERA TYPE 758'

Missing

TEST ELECTRODES & THEIR WIRES

Finish

PAINTED GREY, HANDLES & KNOBS ARE BLACK OR HAVE CHROME-LIKE FINISH, FRONT PANEL OF OSCILLOSCOPE CAMERA IS GLOSSY BLACK

Decoration

HAS STICKER WITH UNIV. OF TORONTO CREST ON FRONT