Diathermy Machine
notes: label: Description
content: “Heinz von Lepel, a dealer in the diathermy machines which are credited by some experts with an ability to send code messages by short-wave radio, has been seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and taken to Ellis Island as an enemy alien.” So reported the New York Times in April 1942. Heinz Von Lepel, the paper went on to say, “is a son of Egbert von Lepel, who was a pioneer in the development of high-frequency electrical apparatus.” This Spark Gap Diathermy machine, Type SW2, was made by the Lepel High Frequency Laboratories, in New York.
label: Description
content: Ref: “FBI Seizes Dealer in Diathermy Sets,” New York Times (April 11, 1942), p. 28.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0605.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0605
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0605.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diathermy machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 3/4 in x 17 1/8 in x 11 5/8 in; 50.165 cm x 43.4975 cm x 29.5275 cm