Bachem-Ziehn Electroscope
notes: label: Description
content: Albert Bachem (1888-1957) was born in Bonn, Germany, moved to the United States, and became a professor of biophysics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He described the Bachem-Ziehn electroscope in the early 1920s. This example was originally purchased by the South Bend X-Ray Laboratory, Inc.
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content: Ref: Albert Bachem, “The Practical Dosage of X-Rays,” Journal of Radiology 3 (1922): 478-480.
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content: Albert Bachem, Principles of X-Ray and Radium Dosage (Chicago, 1923), pp. 66-79.
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content: “Albert Bachem,” New York Times (April 12, 1957), p. 25.
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content: "Professor Bachem Services Set for Tomorrow," Chicago Tribune (April 12, 1957), p. C14.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of M. J. Thorton, M.D., W. D. Buchanan, M.D., P.B. Lockhart, M.D., J. H. Grove, M.D., V. L. Lester, M.D., through W. D. Buchanan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09466
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content: M-09466
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content: 228853
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electroscope, Bachem-Ziehn
label: Other Terms
content: Electroscope, Bachem-Ziehn; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm