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Mask and Bottle from Young Simpson Chloroform Vaporizer

Inventory Number 10492


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10492

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Glass
Rubber
Metal
Plastic
Object type
Vaporizer
Dimensions
Height: 160mm Width: 290mm Depth: 185mm Weight: 500g
Inventory No
10492
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Wide-necked bottle with red rubber bung pierced by inlet and outlet tubes. Suspension chain. With transparent synthetic mask with integral hooks. See Inv. 10489 for associated carrying-case.

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Used for chloroform.

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Invented in 1936 by T. Young Simpson.