APPARATUS

Description: .1 CYLINDER 11.5 CM X 4.9 CM. NICKEL PLATED STEEL, COPPER WIRE, CLOTH INSULATION. PINK, BLACK, SILVER. ENGRAVED ON CYLINDER "OXYDONOR NO. 2 MANUFACTURED BY DR. H. SANCHE & CO. MONTREAL CANADA" "DR. HERCULES SANCHE". VICTORY OVER A SPREAD EAGLE SYMBOL "DIADUCTION RULES LIFE" "TRADE MARK REGISTERED" CYLINDER HAS KNURLED RING AT TOP. ABOVE RING "T" POST WITH TWO THREADED COUPLINGS OR TERMINALS. PINK INSULATED COPPER WIRE RUNS FROM CYLINDER TO TWO METAL DISCS. METAL DISCS HAVE ELASTICIZED STRAPS. EACH DISC MARKED "DR. S DR. H. SANCHE & CO. MONTREAL CAN. PAT. DEC. 27, 1898. TOP OF CYLINDER STAMPED. "M-6038." WIRE & DISCS STORED WRAPPED AROUND PIECES OF CARDBOARD. .2 BOX 15.5 CM X 7.4 CM X 5.3 CM (HT) PAPER, CARDBOARD. RED, WHITE CARDBOARD BOX, PAPER COVERED, HINGED AND FOLDED LID, WITH STRING TO CONTROL OPENING DISTANCE. TOP OF LID IN GOLD LETTERING INSIDE GOLD BORDER "OXYDONOR DR. H. SANCHE & CO. LIMITED MONTREAL CANADA." INSIDE LID GLUED PAPER GIVING BRIEF DIRECTIONS. BOX LID TORN ONE CORNER.

History: DONOR FOUND OBJECT AMONGST HIS MOTHER'S BELONGINGS FOLLOWING HER DEATH & HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF OBJECT HISTORY OR USE. DEVICE MAY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH MAIL ORDER. AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A 1908 LETHBRIDGE HERALD HAS A MAIL ORDER ADDRESS & TESTIMONIALS OF TREATMENT FOR AILMENTS SUCH AS LUMBAGO. "WHEN THE DOCTORS GIVE YOU UP TRY OUR OXYDONOR. IT IS BETTER AND CHEAPER THAN GOING TO CALIFORNIA, AS IT FURNISHES THE PUREST OXYGEN TO THE SYSTEM." LETHBRIDGE HERALD FEBRUARY 1908.