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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1925–1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1029.030

MANUFACTURER: General Electric X-ray Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 30
Total Parts: 38
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Steel & Copper

Dimensions

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

Length: 200.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 6.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of machine probably used c. late 1920s+
Canada: Dr. Richard Proctor, University of Manitoba Graduate who served in France starting in 1915. Previously in charge of the X-Ray department in the Strathcona Hospital in Edmonton he is noted to have changed his Meyers X-Ray machine to a Victor in 1925.
Function: Used to produce graphic images of internal structures.
Technical: Early, elaborate x-ray machine features both fluoroscoping (diagnostic) and radiographic (treatment) apparatus, and a table capable of both vertical and horizontal positioning. Probably used with separate curved potter-bucky.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: No markings visible.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Length of heavy cable: Black gutta-percha and coated tape cover most of cable; steel and copper wire wound on either end.
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric X-ray Corp., Cable, circa 1925–1935, Artifact no. 1969.1029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.1029.030/

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