General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

faradic coil

Patents

N/A

General Description

Dark brown wood case has red-brown wood control panel base; bright silver metal and bakelite fittings; fabric-covered metal coil; paper label on underside of lid; bright silver metal handle mounted on case top possibly nickel plated.

Dimensions

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

Length

30.0 cm

Width

12.4 cm

Height

21.5 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

McIntosh

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used in early 20th c.

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

"BRISTOW COIL/ MANUFACTURED BY/ McINTOSH BATTERY & OPTICAL CO./ CHICAGO" printed on plate fixed to control panel. Paper label fixed to underside of lid reads "INSTRUCTIONS/ The patient must be absolutely relaxed. Then treatment is painless. The large electrode, covered with cotton soaked in weak salt solution,/ is applied firmly under the extremity. The metal disc electrode is/ similarly covered and is grasped in the cleft between thumb and/ finger of left hand. With a disc electrode on the motor point the/ muscle is grasped with the left hand. The core is then inserted and/ withdrawn with the right hand./ The degree of contraction is appreciated by the left hand and regu-lated by the right./ It is better to underdo than overdue in treatment as fatigue injures/ wasted muscles./ This instrument is used for all purposes for which faradism is/ used and in addition a sinusoid effect is possible by gradually in-/ serting and withdrawing the core." "OFF", "ON", "1", "2" and "3" is stamped into contact points on control panel. "C L XXXXIII: crudely incised on case frame and lid frame between hinges. "INGRAM & BELL Limited/ Physicians and Hospital Supplies/ TORONTO" printed on plate fixed to case top. UHN catalogue no. "X969.87B" printed by hand in white ink on case back, below right hinge.

Missing

Unknown: possibly missing metal disc electrode.

Finish

Dark brown wood case; bright silver metal and bakelite fittings; fabric-covered coil; paper label on underside of lid; bright silver metal handle mounted on case top.

Decoration

N/A