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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1933–1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2014.0119.015
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 15
- Total Parts
- 16
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.7 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. This machine was lent to CAS by Dr. Jeremy Sloan of North York, Ontario in 1995. Dr. Sloan is regarded as a leader in the promotion of safety standards for anesthetic equipment. - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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The original concept of Boyle's machine was invented by the British anaesthetist Henry Boyle (1875–1941) in 1917. Boyle promoted intratracheal insufflation techniques using nitrous oxide, oxygen and ether, replacing open-drop anaesthesia. Initially he used imported Gwathmey machines from the USA, but finding them unreliable, he developed his own continuous-flow machines. His design included cylinders for the gases and a "Boyle's Bottle" to vaporize diethyl ether. Until recently, an anaesthetic machine was often referred to as a "Boyle's Machine" in honour of his contribution. Dr. Sloan believes that this machine has an unsafe design because it was hard to assemble which often resulted in connection errors and issues during operation. (ref.1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Proper front: "Portable Anaesthesia Machine/ from the early 1930s./ On long loan to CAS/ from Dr. I.A.J Sloan/ 1995."/ Inside of fold: "This machine was bought from/ Chas. King in London, a well-known/ equipment firm, still active when/ I was preparing for the FFA in 1957./ The owner used it in his/ practice for many years, taking it from/ Nursing Home to Nursing Home./ Note: No anti-static material/ (High humidity from the boiling steriliser/ was sufficient./ Fully interchangeable gas liner./ No pin indexing./ Sp[illegible] for CO2./ Tongue clip./ 1 syringe/ No ETT."
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Folded piece of white paper with writing in blue ink
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Note, circa 1933–1937, Artifact no. 2014.0119, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0119.015/
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