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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

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