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The stimulator: Rolf Stiefel, whose firm will soon be marketing a TEN, demonstrates the $250 machine
The stimulator: Rolf Stiefel, whose firm will soon be marketing a TEN, demonstrates the $250 machine

The stimulator: Rolf Stiefel, whose firm will soon be marketing a TEN, demonstrates the $250 machine

Date7/28/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134420F
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$170,000 detective: Dr. Kal Schneider, of Etobicoke General Hospital's radiology department, is all smiles as he demonstrates hospital's new ultrasound machine, in which sound waves are used to obtain pictures of the body's internal organs, including the heart. Schneider is holding a transducer, which sends out sound wave.
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