Headrest

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OBJECT TYPE: examination chair
DATE: 1900–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0625.002

MANUFACTURER: Woolf Instrument Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal post with synthetic pads

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
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Manufacturer

AKA: Woolf
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: The chair available, and presumably used in early 20th c.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material and trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. Found by original donors in pieces in garage in Thornhill, Ont. Garage/contents was/were property of Dr. Charles Percival John. Dr. John graduated with a BA in 1896; MDCM in 1900 from Queen's University. He was registered in 1900 [as a licensed physician ?], and listed in 1928 O[ntario] Medical R[egister, Registry ?] as living in Thornhill.
Function: To support the head of a patient in an examination chair.
Technical: Example of early examination chair, designed and marketed specifically for medial professionals/for use in a "professional" setting.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Silver coloured metal with black pads.
Decoration: N/A

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Woolf Instrument Corp., Headrest, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 2002.0625, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0625.002/

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