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 3, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4447.