MACHINE, ELECTROMAGNETIC

Description: .1) CASE. RECTANGULAR WOOD CASE COVERED WITH BLACK LEATHERETTE. TOP OF LID HAS TWO GOUGES. BOTTOM RIGHT EDGE IS REINFORCED WITH WHITE COTTON TAPE. FRONT HAS STEEL CLASP CLOSURE AND HANDLE, ALSO COVERED IN BLACK LEATHERETTE. .2) MAGNETIC DEVICE. GREY PLASTIC MACHINE HAS TWO CIRCULAR NODES AND BLACK ELECTRICAL CORD. RAISED ON FRONT INSIDE RECTANGULAR DOUBLE BORDER IS "MAGNETIZER TYPE" WITH A SERIES OF JAPANESE CHARACTERS. WHITE CONTROL SWITCH IS BETWEEN NODES. .3) TOWEL. 42.5CM X 30.2CM WHITE COTTON TOWEL WITH BLUE SPIRAL DESIGN BORDER. IN MIDDLE ARE BLACK JAPANESE CHARACTERS AND TWO RED FLOWERS. .4) TESTER. 18.0CM X 2.5CM X 4.0CM DEVICE IS SQUARE COILED COPPER WIRING WRAPPED IN BLACK PLASTIC TAPE WITH BRASS BRACKET AND BULB AT MIDDLE. .5) BELT. GREY PLASTIC BELT WITH STEEL SNAPS. .6) BULB. STAINLESS STEEL BULB WITH NO GLASS. HAS CYLINDRICAL FRAME WITH FIVE VERTICAL OPENINGS. IS STAMPED "STANLEY 2.5 VO 8 A".

History: MAGNETIZER DEVICE WAS DONOR'S FATHER'S WHO WAS VERY INTERESTED IN ALL MATTER OF HEALTH THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. THIS IS ONE OF MANY PIECES OF HEALTH ORIENTED EQUIPMENT WHICH REV. NAKAYAMA ACQUIRED THROUGH HIS LIFE. HE ALSO PRACTICED ACUPUNCTURE. REV. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “MY DAD WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR… WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT WHEN HIS FIRST CHILD WAS STILLBORN, THAT CHILD WAS, RIGHT UP UNTIL THE BIRTH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY, FAT, BUT WHEN HE WAS BORN, THE CORD GOT AROUND THE NECK AND HE STOPPED BREATHING. TRAGIC, AND [MY FATHER] WAS SO HEARTBROKEN, AND SOME MINISTER COMFORTED HIM AND HE FELT THAT THE WOUNDING OF THE HEART IS WHAT HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON. SO HE DECIDED TO BECOME A MINISTER [INSTEAD OF A DOCTOR]. PLUS MY MOM WAS SO DEVOUT, AND HE WAS A METHODIST AND SHE WAS AN ANGLICAN, AND SO, FOR THE SAKE OF THE FAMILY, I GUESS, HE BECAME AN ANGLICAN… [BUT] HE HAD A LOT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, THINGS FOR HEALING...” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.