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- OBJECT TYPE
- swivel
- DATE
- 1932
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0099.011
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 11
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal casters with rubber (possible) tread
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.4 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 3.4 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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
-
Allows the electro-therapy apparatus to move around easily by the user. - 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
- In stamped letters on the proper left side: "BASSICK"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Grey metal caster with black rubber tread.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Caster, before 1932, Artifact no. 2002.0099, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0099.011/
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