D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

Made:
1890-1910 in Paris
D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

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D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, octagonal wooden frame, by Richard Heller of Paris, 1890-1910, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere. Patient was insulated from all contact with current carrying wire, and since the wire was carrying high-frequency alternating current, the patient didn't feel a thing, except a slightly warm sensation. Also includes hand-held coil with light bulb socket for demonstration purposes; when the cage was electrified and the coil was held in the hands of the person inside, the bulb would light up.

Electrotherapeutic machine/solenoid or cage for auto conduction, octagonal wooden frame, by Richard Heller of Paris. The user is insulated from all contact with current carrying wire.

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A182649
Materials:
frame, oak and fittings, iron
Measurements:
overall: 1812 mm x 845 mm x 920 mm, 105 kg
type:
electrotherapy equipment - component
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

Parts

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, octagonal wooden frame, by Richard Heller of Paris, 1890-1910, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere. Patient was insulated from all contact with current carrying wire, and since the wire was carrying high-frequency alternating current, the patient didn't feel a thing, except a slightly warm sensation.

Materials:
frame, oak and fittings, iron
Object Number:
A182649/1
type:
electrotherapy equipment - component
Coil, part of d'Arsonval cage

Coil, part of d'Arsonval cage

Hoop-shaped coil with electric light socket, part of d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere; a lightbulb attached to this coil would glow when it was held inside the electrified cage; mainly used for demonstration purposes, as the high-frequency electric field was otherwise undetectable.

Object Number:
A182649/2
type:
electrotherapy equipment - component
Cable, part of d'Arsonval cage

Cable, part of d'Arsonval cage

Longer insulated cable from d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere; this probably linked cage to the high-frequency apparatus.

Object Number:
A182649/3
type:
electrotherapy equipment - component
Cable, part of d'Arsonval cage

Cable, part of d'Arsonval cage

Shorter insulated cable from d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere; this probably linked cage to the high-frequency apparatus.

Object Number:
A182649/4
type:
electrotherapy equipment - component
Part of d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

Part of d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction

Original leather hinge strap and male coupler (both broken) from d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction, used by Dr J.-A. Riviere.

Object Number:
A182649/5
type:
electrotherapy equipment - component