General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

variable resistance unit (.1)

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cylindrical metal and synthetic [?] handset is predominantly black, save threaded silver metal collar; black rubber (?) covered electrical cord has black moulded synthetic receptacle [for lamps]; some minor fitting have silver metal finish.

Dimensions

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

Length

18.5 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

4.7 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cameron

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Probably used c. 1930s; possibly also used earlier/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

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Handset marked "CAMERON'S VITR OHM POTENTIAL ADJUSTER/ CAMERON'S SURGICAL SPECIALTY COMPANY/ PATENT NO. 145678 CHICAGO U.S.A." and "NEVER USE ON LINE VOLTAGE WITHOUT V.P.A. UNIT". " HIGH [up-facing directional arrow]/ LOW [down-facing directional arrow] marked on sliding button. UHN catalogue no. "973.13.3B' printed by hand in white ink in handset. Company logo incorporating "CSS" and three inverted triangles also stamped into wand.

Missing

Unknown- appears complete.

Finish

Cylindrical metal and synthetic [?] handset is predominantly black, save threaded silver metal collar; black rubber (?) covered electrical cord has black moulded synthetic receptacle [for lamps]; some minor fitting have silver metal finish.

Decoration

N/A