| Description Of Item | Anaesthesia machine with custom modifications.
Pale yellow-green frame.
Complete with under-drawer.
Includes: two oxygen cylinders, E size; two nitrous oxide cylinders, D size; one carbon dioxide cylinder, C size; Coxeter triple-gas dry bobbin flowmeter; chloroform vaporizer; ether vaporizer; temperature compensation bath; early pressure-reducing Adams valves with tyre-pump clips; two cylinder keys; one usage indicator for cylinders; one Magill breathing circuit and connectors, with black rubber corrugated tubing; Adjustable Pressure Limiting (APL) valve; water jacket surround for ether bottle.
Two attachments are not specific to this machine: one Laerdal two-piece face mask, of a later date, 1970s-1990s; one inter-surgical reservoir bag.
The machine features three custom modifications: revised colours of gas cylinders, dating from 1953; pin-index system for cylinder placement identification, dating from 1955; multiple breathing circuit adaptor, small tubing cylinder 5cm in length, attributed to Dr Vaughan Martin. |