General Information

Serial #

2282

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal & glass construction; rubber tubing. housed in wooden case with 2 metal fittings.

Dimensions

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

Length

43.2 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

10.2 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

SKLAR

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Long Island

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This unit used (c. 1920S) until 1947).

Canada

This machine presumably used at the Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (listed as donor)

Function

Used to pump air into chest in order to collapse lung.

Technical

Use of pneumothorax machine constituted sole [active] treatment of tuberculosis for patients until c. 1940s.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" J. SKLAR MFG. CO./ LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y." appears on upper front of instrument, below main valve. Valve settings, scales, etc. labelled. "DAVIDSON/ PNEUMOTHORAX/ APPARATUS/ PAT. NO. 1916658/ CAUTION/ BEFORE CLOSING COVER,/ ALL FOUR VALVES/ MUST BE CLOSED BY/ PLACING HANDLES IN/ HORIZONTAL POSITION,/ TO PREVENTLEAKAGE/ OF FLUID./ ALSO BE SURE TO PLACE/ THE MAIN VALVE/ HANDLE IN VERTICAL/ POSITION WITH/ POINTER OPPOSITE/ "MANOMETER"/ AT TOP OF DIAL./ MANUFACTURED AND GUARANTEED/ BY/ J. SKLAR/ MANUFACTURING CO./ LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y." also incised on instrument front. "2282" incised in lower front of instrument.

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A