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Jecta Gas-Air Machine

Inventory Number 10504


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10504

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Dimensions
Height: 115mm Width: 196mm Depth: 264mm Weight: 2900g
Inventory No
10504
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Single round bellows chamber as in Minnitt hospital head, but with large round port with mesh cover lined gauze in bellows case. Prototype(?).

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Used for nitrous oxide.

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Invented in 1938 by Talley (formerly of A. Charles King Ltd).