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Schimmelbusch Mask with Chadborn Modification and Further Modification

Inventory Number 10368


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10368

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 153mm Width: 79mm Depth: 67mm Weight: 88g
Inventory No
10368
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Grid metal mask with gutter to catch surplus agent, loop of wire to retain gauze fastened by screw. Not folding. Further modified by addition of hollow central tube with small perforations (cf Tyrrell mask).