Lead, electrode

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1888
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0903.007

MANUFACTURER: Gotto, F. & Sons
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: green fabric covered metal wire; metal contact

Dimensions

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

Length: 125.0 cm
Width: 1.0 cm
Height: N/A
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: Gotto
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: To conduct charge supplied by battery to sponge applicators.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "F. GOTTO & SONS" stamped into one side of each contact head: "PAT./ MAR./ 20/ '88." stamped into reverse of each contact head. UHN catalogue no. "981.29.G" printed by hand in white ink on reverse of one contact head.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Red fibre covering over metal wires; gold-tone metal contact heads.
Decoration: N/A

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Gotto, F. & Sons, Lead, electrode, after 1888, Artifact no. 2002.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0903.007/

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