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OBJECT TYPE: sponge disk
DATE: 1888
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0903.002

MANUFACTURER: Whitall, Tatum & Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal and sponge

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 1.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 5.0 cm
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: Allows for dry or wet application of current via soft, padded contact point.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "981.29 b" printed by hand in white ink on metal back.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Natural cream-colour sponge disk head, sewn to round silver metal mount.
Decoration: N/A

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Whitall, Tatum & Co., Electrode, after 1888, Artifact no. 2002.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0903.002/

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