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Description: | none MANU Unsigned. late 19th early 20th century DES Hamburg University Hospital. late 19th early 20th century Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. This is a metal inhaler which could have had an inflatable rubber cushion fitted to the mouth piece and was normally used with a simple 8 layer gauze pad with a hole cut in it. The liquid anaesthetic; chloroform, ether or ethyl chloride, was dropped or sprayed onto a tightly packed gauze, in the front piece of the mask, which has a simple bayonet fitting and is detachable. The vapour air mixture was inhaled via a simple mica flap valve. There is also a side valve to compensate for the lack of air flow through the gauze. The patients breathing was monitored by the rythmic clicking sound of the valves. The mask could be purchased in various sizes this one appears to be for a child. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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