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

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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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