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OBJECT TYPE: swivel
DATE: 1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0099.012

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 12
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 faint 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/2002.0099.012/

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