Analyser, basal metabolism
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RECORDING/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0072.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Middlewest Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- JONES MOTOR BASAL
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10106
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal, rubber, glass & synthetic materials of construction.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 100.0 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
- Middlewest
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of machine used c. 1950s+
- Canada
-
Unit belonged to Dr. J.S. Chaikoff (father of original donor), a general practitioner who specialized in anaesthesia. 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 monitor the amount of energy required to maintain vital functions in the body of an individual in a resting state. - Technical
-
Basal metabolism rate is the minimum amount of energy required to maintain vital functions in an organism at complete rest. It is measured in a fasting individual who is awake and resting in a comfortably warm environment. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate fixed to housing reads "THE JONES/ MOTOR/ Basal/ DEVISED BY/ HORRY M. JONES M.D./ PAT./ JUNE 1937/OTHER/ PAT. PEND./ Mfd. by MIDDLEWEST INSTRUMENT CO./ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS". Plate on control box reads "MIDDLEWEST INSTRUMENT CO./ SERIAL NO./ 25 CYC./ CYC. 60 ALTERNATING 110 V.". Decal on control box reads "AMERICAN/ MEDICAL/ ASSN./ ACCEPTED COUNCIL/ ON PHYSICAL/ THERAPY". Decal applied to frame reads "DO NOT ACCEPT/ THIS UNIT/ AS A NEW MACHINE,/ UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY/ SERIAL NUMBER CARD FOR/ REGISTERING IT WITH US." "10106" incised in frame, above .2 tank. Other controls labelled./ "989.2.1" printed by hand in white ink on frame. "4 8 12 16 24" printed in blue ink on tape label applied to frame; first 4 numbers have been stroked through, in blue ink.
- Missing
- Several components missing- see Academy of Medicine registration data sheet for details.
- Finish
- Predominantly dark brown finish has faux wood-grain appearance on motor housing & control box; black rubber bellows.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Middlewest Instrument Co., Analyser, basal metabolism, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2002.0072, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0072.001/
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