BOOKLET, INSTRUCTION
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- JONES WATERLESS MOTOR-BASAL
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- PAPER, HEAVY CARD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035183
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- JONES WATERLESS MOTOR-BASAL
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- PAPER, HEAVY CARD
- No. Pieces
- 8
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 28.0
- Width
- 17.6
- Description
- 1. FOLDED PIECE OF HEAVY CARD. CARD IS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINT. FRONT AND BACK ARE HELD TOGETHER BY WHITE TAPE DOWN SIDE SEAM, ON INSIDE AND OUT. ON FRONT IT READS "JONES WATERLESS MOTOR-BASAL INSTRUCTIONS". BELOW THIS IS A NUMBERED DIAGRAM OF A MACHINE. AT THE BOTTOM IT READS "JONES METABOLISM EQUIPMENT CO. 315-323 S. HONORE ST. CHICAGO 12, ILLINOIS". ON INSIDE AND BACK ARE INSTRUCTIONS. 2. SAME AS ABOVE, EXCEPT MADE OUT OF SHINY PAPER. 3. SINGLE PIECE OF SHINY, WHITE PAPER. BLACK PRINT ON ONE SIDE. ON TOP IT READS "SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING THE JONES MOTOR-BASAL". BELOW THIS IS A LIST OF 13 STEPS FOR OPERATING MACHINE. 4. SAME AS ABOVE, EXCEPT PAPER IS OFF-WHITE WITH PINK SPLOTCHES ON IT. 5. SAME AS ABOVE, EXCEPT IS MADE OUT OF REGULAR MATTE PAPER. EDGES ARE BADLY WORN. 6. LARGE PIECE OF SHINY, WHITE PAPER. FOLDED IN HALF. HAS BLACK PRINT ON INSIDE. AT TOP READS "THESE SPECIMEN TRACINGS ILLUSTRATE EFFECTS OF CHANCE TECHNICAL ERRORS. LEARN TO RECOGNIZE AND DISTINGUISH THE UNSATISFACTORY TRACING". BELOW THIS ARE 9 GRAPH DIAGRAMS, AND THEIR EXPLANATIONS BELOW THEM. 7. SMALL SHEET OF OFF-WHITE, MATTE, PAPER. BLACK PRINT ON FRONT AND BACK. THERE IS A RULER, A GRAPH, AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT GRAPH ON FRONT AND BACK WHICH READ IDENTICALLY. 8. SMALL SHEET OF WHITE, MATTE, PAPER. BLACK PRINT ON FRONT AND BACK. ON FRONT READS "PROTRACTOR (DOUBLE RULER)", BESIDE A DIAGRAM, AND BELOW THIS IS INSTRUCTIONS. THE BACK READS "ABBREVIATED MOTOR BASAL DIRECTIONS", FOLLOWED BY A LIST OF DIRECTIONS, AND COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS AT BOTTOM.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- MOTOR-BASAL MACHINE WAS USED TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN USED BY PATIENT IN A RESTING METABOLIC STATE. BASAL HEART/LUNG FUNCTION. TEST HELPED DETERMINE THYROID DISORDERS AND OTHER DYSFUNCTIONS. ADVANCES IN RADIOLOGY POST WWII, RENDERED THIS EQUIPMENT OBSOLETE. CAME IN AUTOCLAVE P19990035176-GA. SEE P19990035001-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035183
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
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