MACHINE, ELECTROTHERAPY

Description: .1) SEARCH METER CASE. 26.5CM X 15.0CM X 5.9CM BROWN VINYL CASE WITH TWO BROWN STEEL SNAPS ON COVER AND CARRYING STRAP RIVETED TO SIDES. INSIDE IS LINED WITH BLUE NYLON. .2) SEARCH METER. 14.3CM X 23.7CM X5.0CM STEEL BOX PAINTED LIGHT GOLD COLOR. LEFT SIDE HAS CUT SLOTS FOR SOUND AND RIGHT SIDE HAS ELLIPTICAL ALUMINUM PLATE WITH "MODEL S-610A" AND "SEARCH METER". AT CENTER IS CLEAR PLASTIC GAUGE. ON BACK OF DEVICE IS SILVER PLASTIC LABEL WITH JAPANESE CHARACTERS. BOX HAS STEEL HINGED HANDLE FASTENED AT SIDES. .3) IMPLEMENT CASE. 18.5CM X 6.3CM X 5.2CM BROWN VINYL CASE WITH TWO BROWN STEEL SNAPS ON COVER. .4) NODE. 7.2CM X 1.9CM (D) STEEL CYLINDER WITH CRISS-CROSS GRIPS AROUND ENDS AND BLACK RUBBER CORD WITH PLUG. .5) NODE. 7.2CM X 1.9CM (D) STEEL CYLINDER WITH CRISS-CROSS GRIPS AROUND ENDS AND BLACK RUBBER CORD WITH PLUG. .6) PROBE. 16CM X 3.7CM HAMMER STYLE DEVICE. HAS BLACK CYLINDRICAL PLASTIC HANDLE, STEEL NECK AND HEAD AND BLACK PLASTIC CUP HEAD. ALSO HAS BLACK CORD WITH PLUG THAT HAS WHITE PLASTIC HOUSING. .7) RULE. 16.0CM X 1.0CM CLEAR PLASTIC RECTANGLE WITH RED LINE DOWN CENTER.

History: SEARCH METER WAS DONOR'S FATHER'S WHO WAS VERY INTERESTED IN ALL MATTERS 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. 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.