Electro-therapy apparatus

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1899
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0701.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 774
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: galvanic apparatus
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal instrument body; turned wood handle; fabric covered cords have silver metal pin connectors.

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Height: 3.8 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used in early 20th c.
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.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "PAT. 1899" AND "774" stamped into main body. UHN catalogue no. "971.2.9" printed by hand in black ink on handle.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Turned wood handle has red-brown stained (?) finish; main body, including rollers, is silver metal; green woven fabric covering on cords extends from handle to silver metal contact pins; black synthetic (?) button, cord collar and roller mounting pad.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Electro-therapy apparatus, after 1899, Artifact no. 2002.0701, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0701.001/

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