"Ectron" single pulse electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machine

Made:: 1950-1951 in Letchworth and Baldock

"Ectron" single pulse electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machine, with bilateral headset (both sides wrapped with gauze) with long mains lead (plug cut off), made by Ectron Ltd., Baldock, Hertfordshire, 1950-51. Manufacturer's label on bottom calls it 'Electroconvulsant [sic] Apparatus'. Corrosion and leakage on bottom, so serial no. is no longer legible; 'D.2. B.H.M.C.' written in black marker on bottom. Compare 1980-1386.

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Category:: Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Object Number:: 1980-1387

Materials:: steel

type:: electroconvulsive therapy machines

credit:: Ectron Limited

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Bilateral headset from "Ectron" electroconvulsive therapy machine

Bilateral headset (presuming such because both sides were wrapped with gauze) accompanying "Ectron" single pulse electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machine, made by Ectron Ltd., Baldock, Hertfordshire, 1950-51.