'Cardiff’ peritoneal dialysis machine, England, 1965-1970

Made:
1965-1970 in Cheadle Hulme
maker:
Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Limited
"Cardiff" peritoneal dialysis machine by Hawker Siddeley "Cardiff" peritoneal dialysis machine by Hawker Siddeley

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"Cardiff" peritoneal dialysis machine by Hawker Siddeley
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

"Cardiff" peritoneal dialysis machine by Hawker Siddeley
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Cardiff' peritoneal dialysis machine, by Hawker Siddeley, England, 1965-1970, including four PJ996 batteries, 6v, with inscription 'for longer life!', 'Made in Britain', by Ever Ready, Great Britain, 1965-1970, a broken fragment of a perspex pane, and the original perspex pane.

When a person’s kidneys fail, waste products cannot be removed from the blood. Serious illness inevitably follows and dialysis is one way of treating the condition. This machine was used for peritoneal dialysis. Dialysis fluid was inserted into the membrane in the abdomen, known as the peritoneum, which then cleaned the waste products out when the fluid was removed. This was only a short term solution and if kidney failure was ongoing a transplant may have been needed.

The machine was made by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Ltd and was donated to the Science Museum’s collections by Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Object Number:
1987-455
Materials:
stainless steel, aluminium, steel and plastic
Measurements:
overall: 425 mm x 750 mm x 430 mm,
type:
kidney dialysis machine
credit:
Stobhill General Hospital

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'Cardiff’ peritoneal dialysis machine, England, 1965-1970

'Cardiff’ peritoneal dialysis machine, England, 1965-1970

'Cardiff' peritoneal dialysis machine, by Hawker Siddeley, England, 1965-1970

Measurements:
overall: 425 mm x 750 mm x 430 mm,
Materials:
stainless steel , aluminium , steel and plastic
Object Number:
1987-455/1
type:
kidney dialysis machine
Fragment of perspex pane, from 'Cardiff’ peritoneal dialysis machine, England, 1965-1970

Fragment of perspex pane, from 'Cardiff’ peritoneal dialysis machine, England, 1965-1970

Fragment of broken perspex pane, from 'Cardiff' peritoneal dialysis machine, by Hawker Siddeley, England, 1965-1970

Materials:
acrylic
Object Number:
1987-455/6
type:
perspex