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Description: | Context of origin with collector and association with professional body
The British Oxygen Company (BOC) Museum began with the original collection made by Charles King (1888-1965), an engineer and instrument maker who speciaised in anaesthetic apparatus from the 1920s. His collection of about 70 pieces of equipment was preserved in his premises and though his business became part of BOC it remained there until after it was donated to the Association of Anaesthetists of Gt Britain and Ireland in 1953. It was moved to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1965. The AAGBI moved to its own premises in 1987 when a museum for the collection was established. The collection has grown considerably from the material King collected to invlude over 1,000 items. It includes mainly British but also European anaesthetic and resuscitation machines, equipment and narcotic drugs, some ventilators, surgical and dental instruments. The AAGBI Library includes 3 important collections: 91 vol;umes from Dr K Bryn Thomas (a former curator), 288 books formerly in King's library and 140 books from the library of Dr J Alfred Lee. It too has been developer to include pamphlets, photographs, technical literature, trade brochures and portraits. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland,
21 Portland Place,
London,
W1B 1PY | FAX: | 020 7631 4352 | Telephone: | 020 7631 1650 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4902 | Go to resource |
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