Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

faradic coil

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

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

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

30,0 cm

Largeur

12,4 cm

Hauteur

21,5 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie médicale

Catégorie

Matériel médical

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

McIntosh

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Illinois

Ville

Chicago

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

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.

Fonction

Inconnu

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

"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 The core is then inserted and/ withdrawn with the right hand./ The degree of contraction is appreciated by the left hand and regu-lated by the right./ It is better to underdo than overdue in treatment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.

Manque

Unknown: possibly missing metal disc electrode.

Fini

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.

Décoration

S/O