General Information

Serial #

11885A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

anaesthesia apparatus

Patents

N/A

General Description

Bright silver metal unit; fitted with brushed silver metal regulator dial, with red synthetic insert; clear glass chamber window; black synthetic tubing extends from inlet and outlet fittings; off-white rigid synthetic instruction card fixed to unit by silver metal link chain.

Dimensions

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

Length

17.0 cm

Width

16.5 cm

Height

14.5 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

Cyprane

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This vaporizer presumably used c. 1960s; possibly also 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. This items was used in practice of Dr. J.S. Chaikoff, former Senior Attending Anaesthetist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.. Dr. Chaikoff was a general practitioner who specialized in anaesthesia. [Refs. 2 & 3]

Function

To convert and dispense Fluothane [Halothane] anaesthetic for inhalation.

Technical

This vaporizer used to administer Fluothane [Halothane], made in 1956: it was a potent, volatile but non-explosive anaesthetic. The 1960 Hartz catalogue included the following entry for the Fluotec Mark II vaporizer: "Flow compensated between four and fifteen litres flow. It is temperature compensated between 55 [degrees] F and 95 [degree] F. The vaporizer automatically takes care of variables; changes in temperature, changes in flow, variations in liquid level and as the vaporizing chamber is vented to atmosphere, there is no high surge of vapor at the start. The Fluotec Inhaler Mark II is calibrated from 0.5% to 4.0% at 0.5% intervals....". [Ref. 3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" FLUOTEC/ DISTRIBUTED BY/ FRASER SWEATMAN INC.,/ BUFFALO, N.Y./ SERIAL NO./ 11885a/ TYPE/ [blank]/ MADE BY/ CYPRANE LTD., ENGLAND,/ U.S.P. 2915061" printed on plate fixed to unit top. " KEEP UPRIGHT/ FLUOTHANE/ WHEN CHARGED" stamped into metal cannister. White label on cannister reads "For Immediate/ SERVICE/ Contact/ Canam Surgical Services Ltd./ Toronto, Ontario/ Canada". Large central dial marked " %/ FLUOTHANE ". "INLET" and "OUTLET" stamped on ports. "FULL" and indicating line etched on glass window. "FLUOTEC MARK 2/ The chart on the other side shows typical/ deviations at lower flows./ Above 2 litres per minute and up to 3%/ on the dial, the vaporizer is similar to the/ original Fluotec." and chart labelled "FLUOTEC MK. 2", " % FLUOTHANE", "FLOW LITRES MIN" and "DIAL SET" printed on card attached to unit. UHN catalogue no. "988.18.3" printed by hand in white ink on cannister, below ports.

Missing

Unknown- believed to be complete.

Finish

Bright silver metal unit; fitted with brushed silver metal regulator dial, with red synthetic insert; clear glass chamber window; black synthetic tubing extends from inlet and outlet fittings; off-white rigid synthetic instruction card fixed to unit by silver metal link chain.

Decoration

N/A