Mathison Electropsychometer
name: label: maker
content: Mathison, Volney G.
notes: label: Description
content: Volney G. Mathison (1897-1965) was an American chiropractor, writer, and inventor. His electropsycometer, which the Church of Scientology termed an E-meter, was designed to read electrodermal activity. The device was manufactured under license by Arcon Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, California. The FDA seized this example, and transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1967,
label: Description
content: Ref: Volney G. Mathison, “Electropsycometer or Bioelectronic Instrument,” U.S. Patent 2,684,670 (July 27, 1954).
label: Description
content: Volney G. Mathison, “Electropsycometer or Bioelectronic Instrument,” U.S. Patent 2,736,313 (Feb. 28, 1956).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.274347.002
label: catalog number
content: M-12010
label: accession number
content: 274347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrotherapeutic device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)