DIATHERMY

Description: IN A RECTANGULAR, WOODEN CASE, COVERED WITH BLACK LEATHER. CORNERS OF CASE ARE COVERED WITH STEEL; THERE IS A HANDLE AND TWO STEEL CLOSURES ON FRONT OF CASE. IMPRESSED INTO BOTH CLOSURES IS "EAGLE LOCK CO. TERRYVILLE, CONN. U.S.A.". INSIDE CASE IS A BLACK STEEL PLATE, ON TOP OF WHICH ARE A NUMBER OF BLACK, BAKELITE KNOBS, A BROWN ELECTRICAL CORD, ETCETERA. THERE IS A ROUND WINDOW WITH A GAUGE BEHIND IT THAT READS "MILLIAMPERES HIGH FREQUENCY". A SMALL METAL LABEL AT TOP OF PLATE READS "FRANK S. BETZ CO.". INSIDE OF LID IS COVERED WITH MUSTARD COLOURED VELVET MATERIAL. INSIDE OF LID HAS A NUMBER OF STEEL CLAMPS THAT ARE HOLDING IN PLACE FOUR GLASS TUBES OF DIFFERENT SHAPES.

History: DIATHERMY WAS A COMMON MEDICAL THERAPY FOR DAMAGED TISSUE SUCH AS BRUISES & SHOCK TRAUMA. BASED ON HEAT THERAPY. ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, LLOYD DANIEL CLANCY, D.C.. DR. CLANCY WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF ALBERTA PRACTITIONERS WHO FORMED THE ALBERTA CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION (A.C.A.) IN 1917. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE REGISTRATION OF THE ASSOCIATION UNDER THE SOCIETIES ACT IN 1919 AND LATER IN GETTING ALBERTA'S CHIROPRACTIC ACT IN 1923. DR. CLANCY WAS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE A.C.A. FROM 1917 TO 1920, AND THEN SERVED AS PRESIDENT FROM 1923 UNTIL 1943.