Faradic Battery
notes: label: Description
content: Double cell Faradic battery probably used for medical purposes.
label: Description
content: Ref: Anna Wexler, “The Medical Battery in the United States (1870-1920): Electrotherapy at Home and in the Clinic,” Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 72 (2017): 155-192.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.302606.293
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.293
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Battery
label: Object Name
content: faradic battery
label: Object Name
content: electrotherapeutic apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Battery; Faradic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 21 cm x 22.4 cm x 16 cm; 8 1/4 in x 8 13/16 in x 6 5/16 in