Electrode
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
2002.0099.006
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1932
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0099.006
- MANUFACTURER
- WOCHER, MAX & SON CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- WOCHER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cincinnati
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of machine presumably used c. 1930s, and possibly later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto ON. Volume of correspondence in UHN file suggests this machine may have been owned & used by Dr. I. Ruebert Smith in Toronto c. 1939-1941+. Stevens & Son Co., Toronto, ON. sold the Bryant apparatus in late 1930s. [see correspondence file in s.i.] - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Electro-therapy apparatus "designed primarily for the treatment of phonasthenia in singers." Mild electric current delivered to patient via 2 electrodes applied to throat. Motor driven disks rotate at selected speed, producing sound: "note" produced is matched to problem sound range of patient undergoing treatment. (ref.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
WOCHER, MAX & SON CO., Electrode, before 1932, Artifact no. 2002.0099, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0099.006/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.