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Medical Geissler Tube, English?, c. 1880

Inventory Number 96119


Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained
Dimensions
Width: 175mm Depth: 26mm Weight: 66g
Inventory No
96119

Description

A Geissler tube made for medical examinations.

The high potential discharge from an induction coil produced a light bright enough to illuminate any cavity of the body into which the tube was introduced. This type of tube was abandoned as it was inconvenient to use.