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Goodman Levy Regulating Chloroform Vaporizer

Inventory Number 10597


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10597

Item type
Object
Makers
Hawksley
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Object type
Vaporizer
Dimensions
Height: 208mm Width: 236mm Depth: 223mm Weight: 1383g
Inventory No
10597
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Round chamber with fan-shaped graduated scale and pointer on top. Possibly modified by addition of spout for emptying. used for chloroform.

Also present is a glass funnel and a length of hose, constructed from a coiled wire wrapped in braided green fabric and terminates with copper alloy collar.

Invented 1905 by Goodman Levy.

See references.