Electro-therapy apparatus
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- OBJECT TYPE
- dry cell battery
- DATE
- 1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0903.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Whitall, Tatum & Co.
- MODEL
- Keystone 1
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 21
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- wood, metal, paper and 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
- 21.9 cm
- Width
- 14.6 cm
- Height
- 20.5 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
- Whitall
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1880s- early 1900s, and possibly later.
- 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
-
Used to treat nervous and rheumatic ailments. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "No. 1 KEYSTONE DRY CELL BATTERY/ MANUFACTURED BY/ WHITALL, TATUM & CO./ NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BOSTON" printed on label fixed to underside of lid. "NO. 1 KEYSTONE", "WHITALL, TATUM & Co." and "21" stamped into front inside edge of case. Connection points labelled [from left to right] "P 1", "2", and "3 N". UHN catalogue no. "981.29.1J" printed by hand in white ink on case back.
- Missing
- Dry-cell battery missing from apparatus at time of cataloguing by CSTM staff. Clasp from latch on case front is missing.
- Finish
- Medium brown wood box; dull silver metal hardware on exterior; bright silver metal [nickel-plated ?] fittings inside case act as connection points and/or secure accessories; black moulded synthetic crank handle; black coated covering on coil winding; winding mounted on wooden end posts; bright purple textured paper lining and red paper label fixed inside lid.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Whitall, Tatum & Co., Electro-therapy apparatus, after 1888, Artifact no. 2002.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0903.001/
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