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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0814.001

MANUFACTURER: Foregger
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.0 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Height: 5.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Foregger
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Used c. 1940; possibly also used later.
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: Unknown
Technical: Absorber-to-rebreathing bag adaptor with side exit. Rebreathing is used as part of general anaesthetic technique in which a rebreathing bag functions as a reservoir for anaesthetic gases and oxygen. The bag is squeezed or pumped to assist in proper respiration while patient is under deep anaesthetic.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "990.5.31" printed by hand in white ink on adaptor.
Missing: Unknown- appears complete.
Finish: Bright silver metal exterior.
Decoration: N/A

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Foregger, Adapter, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2002.0814, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0814.001/

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