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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0107.004

MANUFACTURER: Ayerst, McKenna & Harrison Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.0 cm
Width: 2.1 cm
Height: N/A
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: Ayerst
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. Manufactured by a Canadian company. Dr. Harry Slater donated this piece to the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. He had a particular interest in anesthetizing children for dental surgery, and was Director of the Montreal Anaesthesia Centre in the 1950s and 1960s. Slater’s name is also attached, with that of Ronald Stephen, to the Stephen-Slater nonrebreathing valve.
Function: Unknown
Technical: “The “Duke” University Inhaler is simple in design, construction, and operation. (…) The vapor concentration can be readily controlled so that anesthesia can be self reduced and self regulated by the patient, either child or adult.” (ref.2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Polished silver coloured metal
Decoration: N/A

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Ayerst, McKenna & Harrison Ltd., Key, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2014.0107, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0107.004/

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