Diathermy Machine
date: label: Date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: Liebel-Flarsheim Company
notes: label: Description
content: Diathermy machine with an inscription that reads in part “DYNELECTRON Atomic Force for Physicians Use /... / Model P NO. 5361 /... / PATENTS PENDING." This was made by the Liebel-Flarsheim Co., a firm that was established by John G. H. Liebel and Edwin S. Flarsheim in Cincinnati in 1917, and that specialized electronic apparatus for healthcare.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Liebel Flarsheim Dynelectron,” The Journal of Radiology 3 (July 1922): 342-343.
label: Description
content: “Dynelectron” ad in The American Journal of Electrotherapeutics and Radiology XLI (1923).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alexander Stewart, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0142.02
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0142.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Diathermy Machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, oak (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: marble (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 1/2 in x 15 in x 17 1/2 in; 102.87 cm x 38.1 cm x 44.45 cm