Vintage 1930's Very Rare Museum Quality Bovie Electrosurgical Unit Model 0-4. Manufactured in Chimico France. Lectern with drawer and casters.This item has output test and inspection stickers on it. Last time this item was inspected and used at St. Mary's hospital at the biomedical service area was in 3/05/2001. This item was tested and still works. There is a bovie eletrosurgical unit at the Lille Hospital Museum. Bovie is the brand of the first real electro cartery was created around the 1927. This item comes with all original accessories that are pictured in my listing pictures. Everything you see in my listing pictures are what you will receive. MUSEUM QUALITY UNIT. This item is in very good condition for a 1930's item. (BEST OFFERS EXCEPTED). Material: Metal, Tin, Plastic Unit Measurement: 31" Height x 20" Length x 14" Width Manufactured By: Liebel-Frarsheim Sybron corporation History: Development of the first commercial electrosurgical device is credited to Dr. William T. Bovie, who worked on it from 1914 to 1927 while employed at Harvard University. The first use of an electrosurgical generator in operating room occurred on October 1, 1926. The surgery was performed by Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing. For thousands of years human beings have used heat in the form of cautery to treat trauma and disease. By the late nineteenth century, as technology advanced, heat could be produced by electric current. In 1920 William T. Bovie, an eccentric inventor with a doctorate in plant physiology, developed an innovative electrosurgical unit that Harvey Cushing, the founder of modern neurosurgery, introduced to clinical practice. The Bovie unit passes high frequency alternating current into the body allowing the current to cut or coagulate. After 75 years this basic device remains a fundamental tool in the practice of surgery. Manufactured By: Liebel-Flarsheim Company LLC is located in Saint Louis, MO, United States and is part of the Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing Industry. Liebel-Flarsheim Company LLC has 1,100 total employees across all of its locations and generates $201.00 million in sales (USD). (Sales figure is modelled). There are 36 companies in the Liebel-Flarsheim Company LLC corporate family. Jean-Frantois Blanc Industry Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing Miscellaneous Manufacturing Manufacturing Surgical and medical instrument BOVIE electrosurgical unit, Model O-4, accepted. Journal of the American Medical Association, 01 Jul 1951 ITEM ID42 COLOR Black, White "Heavy Duty Item" On Aug-15-22 at 13:19:31 PDT, seller added the following information: free shipping. invoice will be sent with free shipping Listing and template services provided by inkFrog