Electrocardiograph
Object number2009.108.8
Manufacturer
Sanborn Company
Date1940-1959
OriginWaltham, MA
Mediummetals; plastic; glass; paper
Credit LineGift of Murray Sachs
DescriptionEKG machine or electrocardiogram machine.Dimensions11.5 x 8.325 x 15 in. (29.2 x 21.1 x 38.1 cm)MarksTwo turning knobs with gold text, "POWER" & "LEADS".
Label on top, front, "MADE FOR / WILLIAM R. CLARKSON, M.D. / BY / SANBORN COMPANY / WALTHAM, MASS. U.S.A."
In between knobs is a label, "SANBORN / VISO / CARDIETTE / [caduceus]".
Switch label, "INSTO"; push button labeled, "IMV".
Plastic label, near bottom edge, "SANBORN COMPANY WALTHAM, MASS. U.S.A. / U.S. PAT. 2.500.994 / MODEL 51 SERIAL 16328 VOLTS 115 / CYCLES 60 AMPS 85".
Left side, plate label, "AC POWER / INPUT".
Historical NotesAn EKG machine or an electrocardiogram machine. Part of a collection of items related to Murray Sachs' (the donor's) training and career in medicine, as well as objects collected by the donor and displayed in his office at Shadyside Hospital. These objects document the donor's personal life, his career in medicine, Pittsburgh's health care history, and also the doctor's personal collection of medical artifacts.
Collector
Murray Sachs
Previous owner
William R. Clarkson MD
Terms
On View
Not on view
Heathkit
Webster-Chicago
