Prostatic Electrode

Prostatic Electrode

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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.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Electrode
Other Terms
Electrotherapeutic Apparatus, Electrode; Electrode; Medicine
Associated Name
Custis, Marvin A.
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
ID Number
MG.M-07942
catalog number
M-07942
223292.160
accession number
223292
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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