Kymograph

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0576.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 76
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: smoked drum
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver and darkened metal; paper

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: 39.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 17.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This example presumably used c. 1950; possibly also used later
Canada: Used by Dr. W.G. Bigelow in his studies on the electrical stimulation of the heart which led to the development of the first regulated artificial pacemaker in Toronto in 1951. (Ref. 2)
Function: To measure and record graphically blood pressure in any of the blood vessels of a living subject.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "76/ W T/ P/ B" stamped into base, near rod. "1036" and "116/36" crudely incised on base/ UHN catalogue no. "994.1.27" printed by hand in white ink on side panel of base. "REP'D/ SEP. 1963" printed on tape label on underside of base. Graphs on paper chart labelled "arterial pressure/ 100mm./ 50mm./ 0mm." , " E.C.G./ /___/ 1 sec.", "[up arrow]/ stimulator on/ [down arrow]", and "[up arrow]/ stimulator off/ [down arrow]".
Missing: Unknown- appears complete. One foot on base may be replacement. Paper chart is replacement/reproduction.
Finish: Bright silver metal base and support rod; darkened metal baseplate on underside of mechanism housing, crank and contact strips on base & drum; black paper drum record bears white text and graphics; metal drum has flat black painted finish
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Kymograph, between 1950–1969, Artifact no. 2002.0576, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0576.001/

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