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Schimmelbusch Mask with ?Gardner Modification

Inventory Number 10360


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10360

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 152mm Width: 79mm Depth: 44mm Weight: 64g
Inventory No
10360
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Grid metal mask with gutter, wire loop to retain gauze secured by clip of Bellamy Gardner type (original pattern had no securing device). Used for chloroform and ether Invented 1890 by Kurt Schimmelbusch.