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Clover's Portable Regulating Ether Inhaler

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Description générale

Metal

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

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Largeur

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Hauteur

10,4 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

9,3 cm

Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie médicale

Catégorie

Produits chimiques et médicament

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

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Down

Pays

England

État/province

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Ville

London

Contexte

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État/province

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Période

Unknown

Canada

Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. This object was on display as part ‘An Exhibit on Inhalers and Vaporizers, 1847-1968’ at CAS’s Annual Meeting in Ottawa in 2003.

Fonction

Used for the administration of ether by inhalation for anaesthesia.

Technique

“Dr. Joseph Clover (1825-1882), an English physician, first described his Portable Regulating Ether Inhaler on Jan. 20, 1877. Clover was an especially sought after anesthesiologist and early pioneer in the specialty. This was the best-known of many inhalers that Clover designed. The dome-shaped reservoir was turned to points on a control dial to gradually increase or decrease the percentage of the air that passed over the ether. Several inventors based new inhalers on this, while the original continued to be manufactured as late as the beginning of the Second World War.” (ref.3) “In Clover’s Inhaler, ether was placed in the chamber, which could be warmed by water and by hand. His first inhaler included one “whistle-tip” tube inside another; when the indicator was at “Full” all the respired air passed into the ether chamber, and when the tips were in alignment the patient breathed only air. In a later model, a single tube fitted with ports and a baffle passed through the center of the chamber, allowing air to pass through with rotation of the tube. Clover claimed advantages in the absence of valves, ability to supply ether gradually, and rapid onset of anesthesia.” (red.2)

Notes sur la région

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Détails

Marques

'DOWN BROS. MAKERS LONDON"/ Around base: "1 2 3 F 3 2 1"

Manque

Missing mask and bag

Fini

Bright silver-coloured metal

Décoration

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