General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

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

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

4.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

3.5 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

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. CAS’s worksheet suggests that connectors were given to CAS by Dr. Morton Digby Leigh (1904-75). Dr. Leigh was the Anesthetist-in-Chief at the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Montreal from 1940 to 1947 before he moved to Vancouver, BC and then Los Angeles, California.

Function

An anesthesia breathing circuit component that connected to a reservoir bag.

Technical

The reservoir bag contained a measured volume of ether. Inflating the bag to its capacity provided a known, accurate and constant concentration of ether vapour in air, making delivery safer and more controllable.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Silver coloured metal

Decoration

N/A