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Pleural Aspirator - Stainless Steel Box with Detachable Stand, circa 1950
Reg. No: SH 850203
- Summary:
- Used to drain fluid from lungs of patientswho were in Victorian mental health hospitals, circa 1950. Used particularly in cases of pleurisy.
- Description:
- Chest aspirator, for draining fluid from lungs, consisting only of suction pump and aspirating bottle cork with air inlet taps. The suction pump is shaped like a metal syringe with a straight pump handle. The outlet end is a ball surmounted by a fine, screw-on nozzle with washer. The rubber cork has a fine metal tube irregularly shaped protruding below it and running up to a flat lid to the cork, out of which 2 tubes which has two tiny air inlet taps curve. The aspirator is in a stain steel box with detachable stand, shaped and has clamps to hold all parts. Trocards, needles, cannulas, aspirating bottle and hosing are missing.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 20.00 cm (Height), 4.50 cm (Width), 10.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | breathing apparatus, psychiatric hospitals, surgical apparatus instruments |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Surgery |
| Tertiary Classification: | equipment |
| Place & Date Used: | Victoria, Australia, circa 1950 |
| References: | card with exhibit. Parce, Evelyn; "Instruments, Appliances and Theatre Technique", Faber & Faber, London. 1950. |
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