Burdick Rhythmic Constrictor
name: label: user
content: Johnson, Ingersol Moten
notes: label: Description
content: This Burdick Rhythmic Constrictor belonged to Ingersol Moten Johnson (1900-1981), an African-American physiotherapist in Washington, D.C. One label reads “Burdick RC-2 / SER. NO. 2654 60 CY / 35 WATTS 115 VOLTS / THE BURDICK CORPORATION / MILTON, WIS.” The knobs on one side are marked “Frequency CONTROL” and “Pressure CONTROL.”
label: Description
content: The Burdick Cabinet Company, established in 1913 by Frederick Frazier Burdick (1869-1950), was a pioneer in the field of light therapy and electric current for therapeutic uses. It became the Burdick Corporation in the 1920s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Mrs. Dorothy Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0306.05
label: accession number
content: 1982.0306
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0306.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Electrotherapeutic Apparatus; Apparatus, Electrotherapeutic; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 21.5 cm x 25.7 cm; 13 3/8 in x 8 7/16 in x 10 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/8 in x 13 3/4 in x 10 3/16 in; 31.4325 cm x 34.925 cm x 25.87625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 10 1/2 in x 8 in x 2 7/8 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm x 7.3025 cm