HCHS00038


Olympus gastrocamera IV
ca. 1959-1962.

Manufactured by: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Description: Flexible gastrocamera. Metal proximal end has power connection, air inflation port, film counter, film advance and rewind, angle adjustment and shutter button; shaft is fully flexible and covered with black vinyl marked in equal increments; distal third of shaft increases from .7 cm. to 1.1 cm. (dia.); distal tip has metal housing for camera lens and light bulb; threaded steel cap housing film cartridge screws onto distal end. Instrument housed in wood case marked: "OLYMPUS -- TOKYO". Instrument marked: "OLYMPUS -- TOKYO -- 201152" and "GASTRO -- CAMERA --IV". Gastrocamera: 96.5 cm. x 1.1 cm. (dia.).; case: 101 x 12.5 x 9 cm.


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