Induction Apparatus
date: label: Date made
content: 1856 - 1857
name: label: maker
content: A. Gaiffe
label: maker
content: F Arnold
notes: label: Description
content: This electromagnetic apparatus belonged to Samuel Theobald (1846-1930), a professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The “A. GAIFFE” inscription is that of a noted electrical apparatus maker in Paris. The “F. ARNOLD / MAKER / No. 16 SHARP ST. / BALTIMORE, MD.” paper label in the lid of the wooden box identifies the shop that sold the apparatus.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
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.302606.032
label: catalog number
content: 302606.032
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrotherapeutic Apparatus, Faradic Battery
label: Object Name
content: electrotherapeutic apparatus
label: Object Name
content: faradic battery
label: Other Terms
content: Battery, Faradic; Electrotherapeutic Apparatus, Faradic Battery; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.2 cm x 9.7 cm x 18.8 cm; 1 5/8 in x 3 13/16 in x 7 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 1 9/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in