Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: A tag on this electrotherapeutic apparatus reads “THOMPSON & PLASTER / LEESBURG, VA.” Hugh Ashby Thompson (1861-1941) and his son-in-law, William Emory Plaster (1887-1936), formed the Physicians Specialty Co. in Leesburg, Va., ca. 1914. That firm became The Thompson Plaster X-Ray Company a few years later.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Virginia, Leesburg
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.302
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.302
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrotherapeutic Kit
label: Object Name
content: electrotherapeutic apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: marble (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.5 cm x 32 cm x 18.6 cm; 6 1/2 in x 12 5/8 in x 7 5/16 in