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Anesthesia kit, 1892.

About This Item

Title

Anesthesia kit, 1892.

Subject

Anesthesia
History, 19th Century
Anesthesiology/instrumentation

Description

Illustration of an inhaler created by Dr. Ferdinand E. Junker (1828-1901) for the administration of chloroform and methyl alcohol as an anesthesia. Note the feather, a primitive monitor of breathing.
Title supplied by cataloger

Creator

Davis, Henry

Source

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1892

Relation

Language

eng

Type

StillImage
Text

Identifier

Qpp_25a_7 (cropped)

Coverage

19th Century

Date Created

2015

Citation

Davis, Henry, “Anesthesia kit, 1892.,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4447.