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OBJECT TYPE
METAL/HANDLE
DATE
1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2002.0540.005
MANUFACTURER
VICTOR ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
5
Total Parts
6
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
metal

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
9.8 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
1.9 cm
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Medical Technology
Category
Medical equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
VICTOR
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Illinois
City
Chicago

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
This type of equipment used c. 1910-1920s, and possibly later. This piece used 1915; possibly also used earlier/later.
Canada
Used by late Dr. H. A. Turner in his Millbrook, Ont. practice.
Function
Contact point used to conduct electrical current from source to patient.
Technical
Part of early portable unit, promoted for use in diagnostic & therapeutic X-ray treatments, and for delivery of high frequency current. Victor Electric Co. was founded in 1893, and was a major supplier of X-ray and electrotherapeutic devices. It was absorbed by General Electric in 1926, and formed the basis for GE Medical Systems division. (Ref. 5)
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
None, save UHN catalogue no. "989.7.6 b" printed by hand in white ink on one end.
Missing
None.
Finish
Bright (chromed ?) silver metal cylinder.
Decoration
N/A

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