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Object Name |
Electrotherapy Machine |
Object ID |
2004.007.01.01 |
Date |
/ / |
Earliest Year |
1870 |
Latest Year |
1920 |
Description |
Large wooden box with lid. Key lock with no key. Sliding shelf in middle of box front. 2004.007.01.02 Two round metal electrodes covered in sponge and attached to fabric covered wire. 2004.007.01.02 Electrodes |
Dimension Details |
30x56x20 |
Materials |
Wood/Metal/Fabric/Sponge/Wire |
Manufacturer |
Manufacturer Label: Galvano-Faradic Mfg Co, New York USA |
Provenance |
In the early 1920s, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, began accepting medical artifacts for a historical museum. It remained an unofficial collection until it was turned into the Medical Museum and Archives at University Hospital in the 1970s. In the 1990s, many of these artifacts were spread out among various local institutions, and the remaining objects were reorganized into the Medical Artifact Collection at the University of Western Ontario, catalogued and organized by Michelle Hamilton. |
MeSH Search Terms |
Therapeutics Physical Therapy Modalities Electric Stimulation Therapy |
Classification |
Electricity Electrotherapy |
Related Publications |
P2004-007 |
Research Notes |
The company which made this machine, the Galvano-Faradic Mfg. Co. of New York, USA, was in business by 1870. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_737149 |