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Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Set

Inventory Number 10483


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10483

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital
Dimensions
Height: 78mm Width: 393mm Depth: 204mm Weight: 2205g
Inventory No
10483
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Fitted rectangular box containing bellows, clyster pipes, two curved pharyngeal pipes etc. for resuscitating the apparently drowned. Some components listed not found in OPS Audit 2018. Other components in box - rubber cylinder pipe component, black pipe, five bone attachments for administration. Components fit into box lined with purple velvet. Green circular sticker on lid 'Simpson 55 Strand Cutler & Surgical Instrument Maker to the Royal Navy'. Box has insert cut out in the lid, closes with two clasps.