Back bar for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine

Made:
1941-1963 in London
maker:
British Oxygen Company Limited
Back bar for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine with vaporisers

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Back bar for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine with vaporisers
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Back bar for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine with vaporisers for ether and trilene, flowmeters for oxygen, cyclopropane and nitrous oxide and rebreathing bag, by the British Oxygen Company, Ltd., London, 1941-1963

This is the back bar for a Boyle's-type anaesthetic machine. It has vaporisers for the anaesthetics ether and trilene, and flow meters for oxygen, cyclopropane and nitrous oxide – the last two are also anaesthetics – and a re-breathing bag.

The basis of the modern anaesthetic machine was pioneered by Henry Gaskin Boyle (1875-1941), an anaesthetist. The original machine from 1917 was carried around in a wooden box and used ether and nitrous oxide.

Details

Category:
Anaesthesiology
Object Number:
1963-382
Materials:
metal, glass, plastic and cork
Measurements:
overall: 330 mm x 450 mm x 160 mm,
type:
anaesthetic machine
credit:
British Oxygen Company Limited

Parts

Face mask and tubing for anaesthetic machine

Face mask and tubing for anaesthetic machine

Facemask and tubing for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine

Materials:
rubber and metal
Object Number:
1963-382 Pt1
type:
anaesthetic mask