D'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction
- Materials:
- frame, oak and fittings, iron
- Object Number:
- A182649/1
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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, 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
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
Parts
Coil, part of d'Arsonval cage
- Object Number:
- A182649/2
Cable, part of d'Arsonval cage
- Object Number:
- A182649/3
Cable, part of d'Arsonval cage
- Object Number:
- A182649/4
Part of d'Arsonval cage for electrotherapeutic auto-conduction
- Object Number:
- A182649/5
