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OBJECT TYPE: limb
DATE: 1930–1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0027.005

MANUFACTURER: Cambridge Instrument Co. Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ossining, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 12
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
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Manufacturer

AKA: Cambridge
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Ossining

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: THIS INSTRUMENT WAS BORROWED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. IT WAS ON NEITHER ORGANIZATION'S INVENTORY WHEN IT BECAME OBSOLETE & MR. SIERHUIS ARRANGED TO TRANSFER IT TO NMST
Function: Unknown
Technical: EXAMPLE OF PORTABLE UNIT OF THE 1930'S. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH RECORDS THE ELECTRICAL PULSES THAT ORIGINATE IN CELLS WITHIN THE HEART. THESE CELLS INITIATE AN ELECTRIC CURRENT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH HEARTBEAT, STIMULATING THE HEART MUSCLE TO CONTRACT. THE CURRENT SPREADS THROUGH ALL THE TISSUES OF THE BODY & OUT ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN. IT CAN BE DETECTED BY ELECTRODES ON THE SKIN WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH & IS CHARTED ON A GRAPH OR ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (LEE, PG. 94)
Area Notes: Unknown

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Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Cambridge Instrument Co. Inc., Electrode, between 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1983.0027, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1983.0027.005/

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