Neuro-Pulse Generator
name: label: user
content: Johnson, Ingersol Moten
notes: label: Description
content: This machine belonged to Ingersol Moten Johnson (1900-1981), an African-American physiotherapist in Washington, D.C. The main inscription reads “NEURO PULSE GENERATOR.” Another reads “TripletT” and lists two patents: 2,236,527 and 2,364,727. The Triplett Electrical Instrument Co., located in Blufton, Ohio, made electronic test equipment, as well as components for other manufacturers.
label: Description
content: Ref: George H. Klay and Frederick J. Lingel, “Electrical Meter,” U.S. Patent 2,364,724 (June 3, 1943), assigned to The Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.
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: 1982.0306.04
label: accession number
content: 1982.0306
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0306.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Electrotherapeutic Apparatus; Generator, Nerve Pump; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 19 in x 16 in; 24.765 cm x 48.26 cm x 40.64 cm