Garfield Low Volt Wave Generator, Model LV-44
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the front of this device reads “GARFIELD / MEDICAL APPARATUS CO. / NEW YORK / SERIAL NO. 1003.” Garfield Medical Apparatus Co., a partnership of Milton and Lily Fink, was in business in New York by 1944. In 1950, the Federal Communications Commission found that diathermy apparatus interfered with authorized communication services.
label: Description
content: Ref: Garfield Medical Apparatus Co., Technique for Low Voltage Generators and Short Wave Generators (New York).
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82856X10
label: serial number
content: 1009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrotherapy device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 15 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 40.005 cm x 24.13 cm