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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEREOSCOPE/WHEATSTONE MIRROR
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0001.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric X-ray Corp.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL; GLASS MIRRORS, LAMP BULBS; PAPER SHADES & WOOD ROLLERS; SYNTHETIC PARTS/.2 METAL WITH MIRROR GLASS/.3 METAL/.3 SYNTHETIC GOGGLES WITH SYNTHETIC STRAP, METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 172.0 cm
- Width
- 50.0 cm
- Height
- 162.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Radiology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- USED FROM LATE 1940S TO 1980S
- Canada
-
SECOND GENERATION OF X-RAY STEREOSCOPE USED AT MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL, USED BY DR. ETIENNE, CHIEF OF SURGERY AT MNH, AS DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE & TO TRAIN MEDICALSTUDENTS. TWO SETS OF MIRRORS ENABLED DOCTOR TO DESCRIBE TO STUDENTS EXACTLY WHERE IN PATENT'S BODY TO LOOK & WHAT TO LOOK FOR TO IDENTIFY MEDICAL PROBLEMS. - Function
-
MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS WHICH TOOK TWO X-RAYS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO DETERMINE PRECISELY WHERE LESION, TUMOUR ETC. WAS IN PATIENT. - Technical
-
BEFORE CAT SCANS, SURGEONS HAD DIFFICULTLY DETERMINING POSITION OF LESIONS & TUMOURS FROM SINGLE X-RAY IMAGE. X-RAY STEREOSCOPE TOOK TWO X-RAYS TAKEN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO DETERMINE MORE PRECISELY WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS LOCATED PHYSICALLY WITHIN THE PATIENT, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR CRANIAL & BRAIN SURGERY. CONCEPT OF STEREO IMAGING USING MIRRORS WAS DEVELOPED BY CHARLES WHEATSTONE (REF. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE ON BACK OF APPARATUS READS "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ X-RAY CORPORATION/ CHICAGO/ MADE IN U.S.A./ 100V"; PLATE ON TOP OF MIRROR UNIT READS "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ X-RAY CORPORATION/ CHICAGO/ MADE IN U.S.A./ MFD. UNDER U.S.PATENT/ 1,649,878"; BLUE & WHITE LABEL READING "MTL NEUROLOGICAL/ INSTITUTE HOSPITAL/ No 13733"; BLACK SCALE WITH SILVER MARKINGS/.2 INSTRUCTION LABEL READS IN PART "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ MADE IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN U.S.A."/.1 PT - PAPER LABEL ON SHADE ROLLER READS IN PART "HARTSHORN SELF-ACTING/ SHADE ROLLER/ TRADE MARK REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE" WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE & PATENT INFO.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN A lot of tiny glass fragments are missing from the two broken panels.
- Finish
- .1 GREY PAINTED STAND & PARTS; PLATED PARTS; MIRROR GLASS; GREY PAINTED LIGHT SHADES WITH WHITE PAINTED INTERIORS; GREY POWER CORDS, BLACK PLUGS; MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC WIRING; BLACK PAPER SHADES ON UNFINISHED WOOD ROLLERS/.2 GREY PAINTED/.3 PAINTED BLACK/.4 RED GOGGLES, BLACK STRAP PARTS, BLACK PAINTED METAL
- Decoration
- .4 RAISED LETTERING ON GOGGLES READS "WILLSON/ MONO/ GOGGLE [SCRIPT]/ MADE IN U.S.A." WITH PATENT NOS.; WHITE LETTERING READING "DISTRIBUTED BY GENERAL [LOGO] ELECTRIC"
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General Electric X-ray Corp., X-ray machine, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 2004.0001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0001.001/
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