Brass rod with a vulcanite tip and a wooden handle at the other end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Frank Mellow and used in his home office in Uxbridge, Ontario; the Dr's main practice was on first floor; this was on the second floor where radiotherapy, massage, surgical procedures were performed with it; it was last used therapeutically in 1940 by Dr. Mellow.
The brass on the cone end is beginning to corrode and show darker areas; the handle is showing some signs of wear.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
Associated with 006030001; electrostatic generating machine; "Static Electricity and the uses of the Roentgen Ray", W.B. Snow, 1903, p. 32; "Electricity in Medicine", G.W. Jacoby & J.R. Jacoby, 1919, pp. 125-126; CD #5.
Research Facts
These were used during Leyden jar treatments; the brass rod was used to connect the tin foil on the outside of the Leyden jars together; it laid on the raised portions of the shelf designed for the Leyden jars and touched each jar; as well they acted as charge regulators which kept the charge coming from the electrostatic generating machine as constant as possible.
Exhibit History
To display in Museum (North Gallery Room 1013): "Electricity and the Invisible Ray," Oct. 2006 - Feb 2016.