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Object Name |
Electric Otoscope Speculum |
Object ID |
2004.031.01.01 |
Date |
Post 1915 |
Description |
Handle is a metal and plastic battery sleeve with on/off switch and screw attachment for speculum. Head has movable lens at back. Attachment for handle at 45 degree angle to head. Box is black and brown with metal sliding lock. Green velvet lining. Company name embossed in gold on top, bottom left. Small bulb in metal casing screw attachment. 2004.031.01.02 Electric Otoscope Handle; 2004.031.01.03 Electric Otoscope Head; 2004.031.01.04 Electric Otoscope Box; 2004.031.01.05 Electric Otoscope Bulb |
Dimension Details |
2004.031.01.01: 2.5x4x2.5 2004.031.01.02: 13.5x2.5x2.5 2004.031.01.03: 2.5x3.5x3 2004.031.01.04 4x15x7 2004.031.01.05 0.5x1.5x0.5 |
Materials |
Metal/Plastic/Glass/Wood/Leather/Velvet |
Inscription Type |
Manufacturer's Mark |
Inscription Text |
2004.031.01.01: Wappler Electric Co. New York USA 2004.031.01.02: Made in Germany |
Patent Information |
2004.031.01.02 2 November 1915; 2004.031.01.03 NCV8310 |
People |
Thompson, Hamlet |
Owned By |
Thompson, Hamlet |
Provenance |
Note in box reads Dr. H. Thompson, London. Hamlet Thompson registered for his Ontario license in 1906, and initially practised in Toronto. He later practised in the Thedford/ Arkona area. 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 |
Diagnosis Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Diagnostic Techniques, Otological Otoscopy / Instrumentation |
Classification |
Otolaryngology Diagnosis, General Ears |
Related Publications |
P2004-031 |