Model 51 Sanborn Electrocardiograph
Manufacturer / MakerCreated by
Sanborn Company
(Waltham, Massachusetts, 1917 - 1961)
Used byUsed by
William Fitzpatrick
Date1949
Mediummetal, rubber, wood
Dimensionsmachine: 11 × 15 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 38.1 × 21.6 cm)
manual: 11 × 8 3/4 × 1/4 in. (27.9 × 22.2 × 0.6 cm)
manual: 11 × 8 3/4 × 1/4 in. (27.9 × 22.2 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Jerome Goss and William Fitzpatrick
Object numberPC2018.55.1
DescriptionWooden box with hinged lid and handle. Inside is a portable electrocardiograph unit. This "Viso-Cardiette" can record the heart's electrical activity through repeated cardiac cycles. Used to produce an electrogram of the heart which is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes placed on the skin.On View
Not on view
Delilah Montoya
negative 1993, printed 1999
ca. 1935