Electrode

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OBJECT TYPE: METAL/HANDLE
DATE: 1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0540.005

MANUFACTURER: VICTOR ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal

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: 9.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 1.9 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Medical equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: VICTOR
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This type of equipment used c. 1910-1920s, and possibly later. This piece used 1915; possibly also used earlier/later.
Canada: Used by late Dr. H. A. Turner in his Millbrook, Ont. practice.
Function: Contact point used to conduct electrical current from source to patient.
Technical: Part of early portable unit, promoted for use in diagnostic & therapeutic X-ray treatments, and for delivery of high frequency current. Victor Electric Co. was founded in 1893, and was a major supplier of X-ray and electrotherapeutic devices. It was absorbed by General Electric in 1926, and formed the basis for GE Medical Systems division. (Ref. 5)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "989.7.6 b" printed by hand in white ink on one end.
Missing: None.
Finish: Bright (chromed ?) silver metal cylinder.
Decoration: N/A

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VICTOR ELECTRIC CO., Electrode, circa 1915, Artifact no. 2002.0540, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0540.005/

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