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