Prostatic Electrode

Description:

This may be a Bowen prostatic electrode of the sort offered by the McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., in Chicago.

Ref: Herbert McIntosh, Practical Handbook of Medical Electricity (Boston, 1909), p. 351.

Associated Name: Custis, Marvin A.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor P. Custis

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-07942Catalog Number: M-07942223292.160Accession Number: 223292

Object Name: ElectrodeOther Terms: Electrotherapeutic Apparatus, Electrode; Electrode; Medicine

Measurements: overall: 6 3/8 in x 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6c1f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_724115

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