BATTERY, DRY-CELL

Description: RECHARGEABLE BATTERY IS RECTANGULAR BAKELITE BOX WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND WHITE FACE WHICH HAS CLEAR PLASTIC COVER. FACE OF BATTERY HAS TWO BLACK BAKELITE KNOBS AND CIRCULAR VOLT METER AT CENTER TOP. ALSO HAS TWO STEEL ELECTRODE COLLARS FOR "LIGHTS" AT MIDDLE BOTTOM. IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS "3.6 VOLT OUTPUT RECHARGEABLE BATTERY BOX MODEL 525" AND ACROSS BOTTOM IS "AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS INC. PELHAM MANOR, N.Y.". ON TOP OF CASING IS STAINLESS STEEL HOOK MOUNTED ON SWIVELING HUB. ON SIDE IS WORN COTTON TAPE WHICH IS ILLEGIBLE. ON BACK OF CASE ARE TWO RECTANGULAR STEEL BRACKETS WITH WHITE POWER CORD WRAPPED AROUND IT. ALONG EDGE OF BACK IS BLUE AND WHITE PLASTIC LABEL WHICH READS "PROPERTY OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL DO NOT REMOVE" AND "0.R. 116-67". BACK ALSO HAS SILVER COLORED LABEL WHICH HAS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AND ELECTRICAL INFORMATION. WITH BATTERY IS 193CM LONG BROWN RUBBER COVERED CABLE. CABLE HAS SPLIT END WHICH HAS TWO ELECTRODES. OPPOSITE END HAS CYLINDRICAL STEEL END WITH CRISS-CROSS GRIP. ALSO HAS "A.C.M.I." STAMPED INTO IT. WITH CORD IS CONDUCTOR CLIP. CLIP HAS RECTANGULAR BROWN BAKELITE HOUSING WITH "ACMI" STAMPED INTO IT. TOP HAS TWO CURVED "Y" SHAPED STEEL CLIPS. OPPOSITE END HAS STEEL SHAFT AND BAKELITE INSULATION CORE.

History: RECHARGEABLE BATTERY IS A PORTABLE POWER SOURCE FOR CYSTOSCOPES AND OTHER SUCH MEDICAL DEVICES. THIS BATTERY WAS REMOVED FROM THE OPERATING ROOM AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.