Elliott Treatment Regulator
date: label: date made
content: after 1930
notes: label: Description
content: The Elliott Treatment Regulator was used to treat pelvic infections by pumping warm water into a rubber bag and inserting that bag into the affected area. A tag on this example reads “TREATMENT REGULATOR / FOR ADMINISTERING / THE ELLIOTT TREATMENT / PAT. . . / TREATMENT REGULATOR CORPORATION / GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING / DETROIT, MICHIGAN.” Charles Robert Elliott, of New York, devised the form.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles Robert Elliott, “Thermo-Therapeutical Method and Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 2,058,780 (Oct. 17, 1936).
label: Description
content: “The Elliott Treatment of Pelvic Infections,” <i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i> 101 (1933): 1659-1650.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Don Elliot Schwartz, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0978.20
label: accession number
content: 1981.0978
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0978.20
label: serial number
content: 1767
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Regulator, Elliott Treatment
label: Object Name
content: elliott treatment regulator
label: Other Terms
content: Regulator, Elliott Treatment; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 15 1/4 in x 12 in; 33.02 cm x 38.735 cm x 30.48 cm