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Schimmelbusch Mask with Chadborn Modification

Inventory Number 10362


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10362

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 192mm Width: 106mm Depth: 63mm Weight: 124g
Inventory No
10362
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Grid metal mask with gutter to catch surplus agent, loop of wire to retain gauze fastened by screw. Used for chloroform and ether.

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

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