Hotel Dieu Hospital Dept. of Anaesthesia, Kingston Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Respirology
Accession Number
997008035
Description
Wide-bore corrugated breathing hose, which consists of a corrugated length of hollow cylindrical rubber tubing with smooth round open ends; one end has a round plastic attachment which allows the hose to be hung up to dry after washing; this hose was attached at one end to the automatic-tomanual va…
Wide-bore corrugated breathing hose, which consists of a corrugated length of hollow cylindrical rubber tubing with smooth round open ends; one end has a round plastic attachment which allows the hose to be hung up to dry after washing; this hose was attached at one end to the automatic-tomanual valve of ventilator 997.008.015, by Dr. Matthews.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by and used at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
One end of the hose is labelled, "MIE // ANTI-STATIC"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0009
0009-1B-2
Permanent Location Notes
997.008.035 was put on 997.008.015
Dimension Notes
Length: 82.1 cm. x Width: 4.7 cm. x Diam. : 3.5 cm.
Condition Remarks
The hose arrived very dirty and dusty; the rubber is uncracked, undamaged and still flexible; there is a small unidentified brown stain and a spot of white paint on the hose; #2: rubber - requires special treatment.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Book
Reference Comments
Dr. Ray Matthews; attached to ventilator machine 997.008.015 by Dr. Matthews; "Ward's Anaesthetic Equipment", 3rd ed., by Andrew Davey, John T.B. Moyle and Crispian S. Ward, 1992, p. 142; manufacturing information from MIE catalogue
Research Facts
This hose would have connected components of an anaesthetic breathing system; this hose would have led from the ventilator (997.008.015) to the patient