Boyles anaesthetic machine

Object detail

Accession number

06-401

Maker

Unknown

Description

Black and white photograph of Boyles anaesthetic machine. Shows detail of vaporisers, flowmeters and a rebreathing bag fitted onto an anaesthetic trolley. It is an example of a continuous flow anaesthetic machine which works by supplying compressed gases from cylinders through vaporisers to the patient through a breathing circuit. Boyle’s type machines are named after the London anaesthetist H E G Boyle (1875-1941).

Marks

Boyles anaesthetic machine.... Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 34 x 24 cm.

Credit Line

Unknown. Boyles anaesthetic machine, 06-401. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Photograph Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Medical instruments and apparatus Boyle, H. E. G.

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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