General Information

Serial #

21

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood, metal, paper and synthetic materials of construction

Dimensions

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

Length

21.9 cm

Width

14.6 cm

Height

20.5 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

Whitall

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used c. 1880s- early 1900s, 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.

Function

Used to treat nervous and rheumatic ailments.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"No. 1 KEYSTONE DRY CELL BATTERY/ MANUFACTURED BY/ WHITALL, TATUM & CO./ NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BOSTON" printed on label fixed to underside of lid. "NO. 1 KEYSTONE", "WHITALL, TATUM & Co." and "21" stamped into front inside edge of case. Connection points labelled [from left to right] "P 1", "2", and "3 N". UHN catalogue no. "981.29.1J" printed by hand in white ink on case back.

Missing

Dry-cell battery missing from apparatus at time of cataloguing by CSTM staff. Clasp from latch on case front is missing.

Finish

Medium brown wood box; dull silver metal hardware on exterior; bright silver metal [nickel-plated ?] fittings inside case act as connection points and/or secure accessories; black moulded synthetic crank handle; black coated covering on coil winding; winding mounted on wooden end posts; bright purple textured paper lining and red paper label fixed inside lid.

Decoration

N/A