General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOODEN CABINET HOUSES METAL CABINETS; SYNTHETIC (BAKELITE ?) ON-OFFSWITCH & CORD HOUSING COLLAR; RUBBER COVERED ELECTRICAL CORD & PLUG/.2 LEATHERETTE PAD HAS ELASTICISED LOOPS IN EACH CORNER TO SECURE IT.

Dimensions

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

Length

53.0 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

52.0 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

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED C. 1930S +.

Canada

Unknown

Function

REPORTEDLY USED IN THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF KIDNEY STONES.

Technical

PRESUMABLY A QUACK MEDICAL DEVICE, PURPORTEDLY BENEFICIAL IN THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF KIDNEY STONES. RATIONALE FOR BENEFIT OF VIBRATION IS NOT CLEAR: IT MAY HAVE BEEN BELIEVED THAT MOTION WOULD DETER MINERAL DEPOSITS FROM FORMING STONES, OR WOULD DISLODGE SUCH DEPOSITS BEFORE LARGE STONES COULD FORM. IN LATE 1990S EXTERNALLY APPLIED ULTRASONIC SOURCES ARE USED TO BREAK UP KIDNEY STONES: THESE, HOWEVER, OPERATE AT 50-100 KHZ. (AS PER RCB)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 No external markings, save "ON" "OFF" printed on switch. Oval plate fitted to motor reads in part " GENERAL ELECTRIC/ A-C MOTOR/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD., TORONTO, CANADA ". Some model nos. cast on component parts- not accesible for transcription./.2 no markings.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

.1 WOODEN CABINET HAS DARK STAINED FINISH/.2 DARK BROWN PAD HAS BLACK IMITATION GRAIN; GREEN-YELLOW BACKING.

Decoration

N/A