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Description: BLACK BAKELITE BOX WITH TAPERED FRONT FACE. BOX HAS RAISED MIDDLE SECTION WITH ALUMINUM PLATE DOWN CENTER WITH "WAPPLER COLD CAUTERY SCALPEL". PLATE HAS TWO WHITE PLASTIC KNOBS FOR "POWER" AND "LIGHTS". BELOW KNOBS ARE PLUGS FOR MORE "LIGHTS", A "FOOTSWITCH" AND "BIPOLAR". BOTTOM HAS RECTANGUALR PORTION OPEN. TO LEFT OF PLATE IS WHITE ON/OFF SWITCH AND ON BOTH SIDES AT BOTTOM ARE POWER CORDS WITH JACKS. RIGHT CORD HAS BEEN REPAIRED WITH BLACK TAPE. ON FRONT IS ORANGE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT WHICH READS "REJECTED 6 MAY 77 INSPECTED BY PW". BACK HAS STEEL COVER PLATE TO PROTECT GLASS ELECTRICAL TUBE. ALUMINUM PLATE RIVETED TO STEEL COVER READS "AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC. DESIGNERS AND SOLE PRODUCERS OF WAPPLER AND ACMI INSTRUMENTS SINCE 1900 NEW YORK U.S.A.". ALSO HAS "CAT. NO. C450" AND "C.S.A. APPROVAL NO. 2378". BLACK POWER CORD EXTENDS FROM BOTTOM LEFT AT BACK. PLATE ON FRONT IS BENT AND LIFTED FROM BAKELITE FACE. BACK RIGHT SIDE HAS SMALL PORTION BROKEN AWAY.

History: POWER SOURCE FOR COLD CAUTERY SCALPEL IS USED WITH P19960116270-GA, P19960116264-GA, AND P19960116198-GA. WAS TAKEN FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.