Electrode
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- OBJECT TYPE
- disk-shaped
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0905.005
- MANUFACTURER
- GRAY, JOSEPH & SON TRUSS WORKS
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Sheffield, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Round, flat silver metal head attached to dark brown turned wood handle: depressed bowl area of head has been painted red; silver metal post on end provides attachment point for metal [brass ?] twisted wire cord and elongated eye fitting.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 5.3 cm
- Height
- 1.8 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
- GRAY
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Sheffield
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of machine popular in late 19th 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
-
To conduct electricity from source to patient. - Technical
-
This style electrode permitted current to be directly applied to larger area, and was designed to be used with a wet sponge. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue no. "X969.34 F".
- Missing
- Unknown- appears complete.
- Finish
- Round, flat silver metal head attached to dark brown turned wood handle: depressed bowl area of head has been painted red; silver metal post on end provides attachment point for metal [brass ?] twisted wire cord and elongated eye fitting.
- Decoration
- N/A
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GRAY, JOSEPH & SON TRUSS WORKS, Electrode, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2002.0905, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0905.005/
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