General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

6

Total Parts

15

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

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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

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Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

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