University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Cardiology
Accession Number
1975.7.2 a-ai
Description
A polygraph in a wooden, velvet-lined case (a); the main body (b), which contains paper-rolling and time marker movements, is accompanied by writing tambours with supporting bar (c); paper roll bracket (d); cup receivers (e,f); a key (g); an unidentified part (h); parts of the wrist tambour mechaniā¦
A polygraph in a wooden, velvet-lined case (a); the main body (b), which contains paper-rolling and time marker movements, is accompanied by writing tambours with supporting bar (c); paper roll bracket (d); cup receivers (e,f); a key (g); an unidentified part (h); parts of the wrist tambour mechanism (i,k,l); a metal disc with a knob (j); a metal roller for paper rolls (m, ae); rolls of paper (n,o,p); unidentified part (q); a torn bag (r); a rubber bag (s); instructions (t), which were in the ACM History of Medicine Museum with the machine instructions; bottles (u,af); polygraph needles (v-z); needles (aa-ad); a glass tube (ag); brush with a glass stem (ah); a dropper (ai); label is inside case.
Number Of Parts
35
Part Names
a - case - Size: Length 26.7 cm x Width 15.7 cm x Depth 10.5 cm
b - main body - Size: Length 9.5 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 7.9 cm
c - writing tambours - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 7.3 cm x Depth 5.4 cm
d - paper roll bracket - Size: Length 5.8 cm x Width 4.4 cm x Depth 3.8 cm
e - cup receiver - Size: Width 4.3 cm x Depth 2.4 cm
f - cup receiver - Size: Depth 2.4 cm x Diam. 4.2 cm
g - key: Size: Length 2.8 cm x Width 2.5 cm
h - ? - Size: Length 4.9 cm x Width 4.0 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
i - part of wrist tambour mechanism - Size: Length 27.6 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 3.8 cm
j - metal disc with knob - Size: Depth 1.2 cm x Diam. 5.1 cm
k- part of wrist tambour mechanism - Size: Depth 4.4 cm x Diam. 6.8 cm
l - part of wrist tambour mechanism - Size: Length 5.8 cm x Width 2.8 cm
m - roller - Size: Length 5.3 cm x Diam. 1.6 cm
n - roll of paper - Size: Length 3.8 cm x Diam. 4.6 cm
o - roll of paper - Size: Length 3.8 cm x Diam. 3.2 cm
p - roll of paper - Size: Length 3.8 cm x Diam. 3.7 cm
q - ? - Size: Length 3.8 cm x Diam. 1.0 cm
r - bag - Size: Length 7.0 cm x Width 7.6 cm
s - rubber bag - Size: Length 6.0 cm x Width 4.1 cm
t - instruction sheet - Size: Length 26.8 cm x Width 21.0 cm
u - bottle - Size: Length 6.0 cm x Diam. 2.2 cm
v - polygraph needles - Size: Length 11.6 cm
w - polygraph needles - Size: Length 11.6 cm
x - polygraph needles - Size: Length 11.6 cm
y - polygraph needles - Size: Length 11.6 cm
z - polygraph needles - Size: Length 11.6 cm
aa - needle - Size: Length 2.5 cm
ab - needle - Size: Length 2.5 cm
ac - needle - Size: Length 2.5 cm
ad - needle - Size: Length 2.5 cm
ae - roll of paper - Size: Length 3.8 cm x Diam. 2.25 cm
af - bottle - Size: Length 5.6 cm x Diam. 3.3 cm
ag - glass tube - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Diam. 0.5 cm
ah - brush - Size: Length 9.1 cm
ai - dropper - Size: Length 7.3 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. G. Wright Young of Toronto.
#2: Label (presumably from box lid) is inside case; instructions (t) split in half and missing upper right corner; #3: rubber is breaking into pieces; #4: leatherette is peeling off the case.
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
From the Medical Arts Building, 176 George St., Toronto; found by Dr. Wright when he was cleaning out his office; believed to come from the diagnostic laboratory established in the Medical Arts Building when it first opened.