Electrocardiograph
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1924
name: label: maker
content: Cambridge & Paul Instrument Co., Ltd.
label: maker
content: Hindle
notes: label: Description
content: This electrocardiograph, probably the first such instrument in the Washington, D.C. area, was used by Dr. Thomas Simms Lee (1869-1966), founder and first president of the Washington Heart Association. The "Cambridge & Paul Instrument Company of America" brass label on the oak table indicates a date of 1920-1924. An early advertisement explained that “A COMPLETE outfit comprises an Einthoven String Galvanometer and suitable Illuminating and Photographic Recording Apparatus, together with the necessary switchboards, tables, etc.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Ad for Cambridge Electrocardiographs, available from The Cambridge & Paul Instrument Company, Ltd., in <i>The British Medical Journal</i> (Oct. 1, 1921): ii.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Thomas Lee Dies at 97; Veteran D.C. Heart Specialist,” <i>Washington Post</i> (Feb. 19, 1966), p. B4.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In Memory of Thomas Simms Lee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11478
label: accession number
content: 261948
label: catalog number
content: M-11478
label: accession number
content: 261948
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrocardiograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 122 cm x 76.5 cm x 42.8 cm; 48 1/16 in x 30 1/8 in x 16 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: cr7124: 79 in x 61 in x 46 in; 200.66 cm x 154.94 cm x 116.84 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 1/4 in x 33 3/4 in x 18 in; 122.555 cm x 85.725 cm x 45.72 cm