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OBJECT TYPE
ROCKING
DATE
1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1972.0267.001
MANUFACTURER
MCKESSON APPLIANCE CO.
MODEL
RESPIRAID ROCKING BED 468
LOCATION
Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

More Information


General Information

Serial #
313
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Metal frame & works; wooden headboard; rubber or synthetic covered wheels & electrical cord.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
198.0 cm
Width
91.4 cm
Height
91.4 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Medical Technology
Category
Medical equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
MCKESSON
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Ohio
City
Toledo

Context

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Canada
This bed was presumably used in Ottawa area, at Ottawa Civic Hospital.
Function
To provide support for reclining or supine user. Optional rocking movement of bed is possible. Assists in ventilation by intermittently causing the diaphragm to move up and down creating a "pumping" motion in the chest and thus, helping air to go in and out of the lungs.
Technical
Allowed for a more comfortable patient experience due to various inclines as well as allowing attendants to easily access patients. McKesson Respir-aid Rocking Bed is designed to aid respiration in certain diseases of the nervous system, particularly poliomyelitis, and to aid the circulation in cases of peripheral vascular disease. The apparatus is a bed with the spring and mattress so mounted that they can oscillate. The moving parts are provided with rests for the feet and shoulders to keep the patient from sliding back and forth on the mattress.2
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
"MCKESSON" printed on plate on one side of bed frame, near base. Decal, above, is damaged; reads in part "ACCEPTED/ [illegible]/ AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION" printed on decal, above. "13177" stencilled in black, below. Control panel reads in part "MCKESSON/ RESPIRAID ROCKING BED", "ON/ OFF/ SWITCH/ TURN SPEED/ CONTROL TO "0"/ BEFORE TURNING/ ON", "INCREASE/ DECREASE/ INCLINATION/ ADJUST/ TO/ DESIRED ANGLE" and "SPEED CONTROL/ ADJUST TO DESIRED SPEED". Plate to left of control panel reads "MCKESSON APPLIANCE CO./ MODEL/ 468/ SER. NO./ 313/ TOLEDO OHIO U.S.A.". NB: Motor (& plate)inaccessible at time of cataloguing.
Missing
Appears complete.
Finish
Bed frame has grey enamel finish, save headboard which is brown wood.
Decoration
N/A

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MCKESSON APPLIANCE CO., Bed, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1972.0267, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0267.001/

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