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Hewitt Paediatric Airway, by Thackray, Leeds

Inventory Number 10661


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10661

Item type
Object
Makers
Thackray
Provenance
From the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
Physical material
Metal
Rubber
Dimensions
Height: 15mm Width: 39mm Depth: 89mm Weight: 14g
Inventory No
10661
Accession Number
1998-7

Description

Curved bit of orange rubber tube with a waisted metal fitting at one end. Invented pre-1916 by Sir Frederick Hewitt.