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Title
Defibrillator
Prototype
Subject
Science and Technology
Medicine
Medical equipment & supplies
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
defibrillator
(an
electrical
device
used
to
counteract
fibrillation
of the
heart
muscle
and
restore
normal
heartbeat
by
applying
a
brief
electric
shock)
, was a
prototype
model
created
by
Dr
.
Claude
Beck
.
It
was
used
in
cases
of
open-chest
defibrillation
encountered
in the
operating
room
at
Lakeside
Hospital
,
University
Hospitals
of
Cleveland
. The
defibrillator's
electrical
components
consist
of a
vitreous
enameled
rheostat-potentiometer
, a
switch
, a
green
light
, and an
AC
amperes
dial
,
all
mounted
in a
wooden
box
.
Cords
that were
attached
to
metal
spoons
with
wooden
handles
served
as the
paddles
. The
card
on the
lower
right
says
"
Never
turn
Decrease-Increase
handle
unless
surgeon
asks
for
more
current
. To
Operate
:
Do
not
turn
electric
switch
until
doctor
places
electrodes
on
heart
and
instructs
you
to
turn
on
current
. Then
press
electrode
switch
button
from
off
to on
intermittently
as
surgeon
instructs
you.
" The
defibrillator
measures
11.81
"
x
11.81
"
x
11.81
"
(30
x
30
x
30
cm)
.
Throughout
his
career
as a
surgeon
,
Dr
.
Claude
Beck
perfected
operations
to
improve
heart
circulation
.
When
he
performed
cardiac
surgery
, the
heart
sometimes
went
into
ventricular
fibrillation
(heart
muscles
fibrillated
, or
twitched
and
contracted
rapidly
,
disrupting
the
normal
rhythmic
heartbeat)
. He
learned
that a
colleague
at
Western
Reserve
University
(which
later
merged
with
Case
Institute
of
Technology
and
Mather
College
to
form
Case
Western
Reserve
University)
,
physiologist
Carl
.
J
.
Wiggers
, had
maintained
circulation
in
laboratory
animals
by
manual
massage
of the
heart
,
followed
by
electrical
defibrillation
at a
suitable
time
.
Beck
concluded
that
electric
shock
could
be
used
to
restore
human
heart
rhythm
,
too
. In
1947
he
successfully
revived
a
patient
for the
first
time
.
Eventually
,
massage
and
defibrillation
across
the
intact
chest
made
cardiac
resuscitation
possible
at any
place
or
time
.
Defibrillators
have
since
been
used
daily
in
hospital
emergency
rooms
and
EMS
units
across
the
country
.
Beck
(1894-1965)
was
born
in
Pennsylvania
. He
trained
as a
neurosurgeon
at
Harvard
and
Johns
Hopkins
before
coming
to
University
Hospitals
of
Cleveland
in
1924
as
resident
and
Crile
Research
Fellow
in
surgery
,
where
he
remained
until
he
retired
in
1965
.
Creator
Beck, Claude
Date of Original
1947
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
90.39.1
Submitting Institution
Dittrick Medical History Center
Rights
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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