Respirator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- IRON LUNG
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0038.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Collins, Warren E. Inc.
- MODEL
- DRINKER-COLLINS DUPLEX 1950
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2252
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- Iron lung
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION; RUBBER SEALS AND HOSES; SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS (INCLUDING SPONGE RUBBER COLLARS, SLINGS, PILLOW COVERING, ETC.) COTTON FELT MATTRESS PADS HAVE RUBBERIZED COTTON COVERS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 180.0 cm
- Width
- 70.0 cm
- Height
- 144.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Collins
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RESPIRATOR USED C. 1950S+.
- Canada
-
ARTIFICIAL LUNG USED AT THE OTTAWA CIVIC HOSPITAL, DEPT. OF INHALATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLIOMYELITIS AND MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION BY RHYTHMICALLY ALTERNATING THE AIR PRESSURE IN A CHAMBER ENCLOSING THE PATIENT'S CHEST. - Technical
-
EXTENSIVELY EMPLOYED IN TREATMENT OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM POLIO, WHERE EXTENSIVE MUSCLE PARALYSIS COULD EXTEND TO LUNG FUNCTION. THIS MODEL COULD ACCOMMODATE A SINGE PATIENT, OR IN AN EMERGENCY, TWO CHILDREN. IN CASE OF A POWER FAILURE, THE RESPIRATOR COULD BE OPERATED BY HAND. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 Plate surrounding respirator control panel reads "DRINKER-COLLINS/ RESPIRATOR (IRON LUNG)/ SERIAL NUMBER 2252/ MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY/ WARREN E. COLLINS, INC./ 555 HUNTINGTON AVE., BOSTON". Decal, above, reads "DRINKER-COLLINS DUPLEX RESPIRATOR/ Model No. 1950- Volts 115 A.C.- Cycles 60/ Amperes 5.3". "ONT.GOVT.76" stencilled in black on back side panel of respirator. Goldtone decal located below head-end port reads "COT ADJUSTMENT/ LOWER [left facing arrow] RAISE[right facing arrow]". Decal bearing operating instructions & illustration located on front side panel of respirator: please see complete transcript of markings in Supp. Inf
- Missing
- POSSIBLY MISSING SUPPORTS FOR END PORT.
- Finish
- EXTERIOR OF RESPIRATOR PAINTED PALE GREEN; SILVER METAL AND BLACK TRIM AND FITTINGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Collins, Warren E. Inc., Respirator, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1970.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1970.0038.001/
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