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Schimmelbusch Mask with Chadborn Modification

Inventory Number 10359


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10359

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 46mm Width: 79mm Depth: 173mm Weight: 79g
Inventory No
10359
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Wire frame mask with gutter to catch surplus agent, loop of wire to retain gauze fastened by screw

Invented 1890 by Kurt Schimmelbusch (1860-1895). Modified pre-1926 by C N Chadborn.