- Subject
- Anaesthetics
- 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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