General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

soda-lime container

Patents

N/A

General Description

Clear synthetic cylindrical container has openings at both ends screened with wire mesh, and a black (synthetic ?] valve at the bottom; red rubber collar on one end.

Dimensions

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

Length

12.1 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

5.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Revell

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Developed c. 1945. Never came to clinical use.

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

To contain soda-lime during administration of anaesthesia to infant.

Technical

Device is soda- lime container. Designed for use with infant to-and-fro system, to reduce the dead space of the cannister. Revell designed this piece because he hoped to make safe the use of cycloropane anaesthesia for "very small patients" [Refs. 4 & 6] In a to-and-fro system, the canister of soda lime is interposed between the patient and the rebreathing bag. Fresh gas is fed into the system as close as possible to the patient. Soda-lime used to remove carbon dioxide from breathing gases to prevent CO2 retention and carbon dioxide poisoning.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None, save UHN catalogue no. "990.5.30" printed by hand in white ink on lower edge of cannister, near hole.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Clear synthetic cylindrical container has openings at both ends screened with wire mesh, and a black (synthetic ?] valve at the bottom; red rubber collar on one end.

Decoration

N/A