Magniflex Galvanic Model B
notes: label: Description
content: Electrically operated physio-therapy machine with inscriptions that read “GALVANIC MODEL B / SERIAL NO. 0-132” and “MANUFACTURED BY / THE QUADSON INSTRUMENT CO. / 3115 VENICE BLVD. / LOS ANGELES 6, CALIF.” In 1950, William G. Eckert, doing business as Quadson Instrument Co., applied for two trademarks—MAGNIFLEX and MEDCOTRONIC—for electrically-operated physiotherapy machines. The firm was convicted of false and misleading claims in the 1960s. The FDA transferred this example to the Smithsonian in 1967.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.274347.007
label: catalog number
content: 274347.007
label: serial number
content: 0-132
label: accession number
content: 274347
label: catalog number
content: 274347.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrotherapeutic device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored: 14 1/2 in x 14 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in; 36.83 cm x 36.195 cm x 28.575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 14 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 37.465 cm x 29.21 cm