Hotel Dieu Hospital Dept. of Anaesthesia, Kingston Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Anaesthesia
Accession Number
997008037
Description
Oxygen connector which would have hooked up to an anaesthesia machine; the connector has a round central part with an oxygen cylinder yoke at the front and the back; there is also a pressure gauge on top of the front yoke; to the left of the central section is a flow meter which is rectangularshape…
Oxygen connector which would have hooked up to an anaesthesia machine; the connector has a round central part with an oxygen cylinder yoke at the front and the back; there is also a pressure gauge on top of the front yoke; to the left of the central section is a flow meter which is rectangularshaped and leads by tubes back to the central section; to the right is a round piece with an adjustment knob at the top and a round metal tube at the back which connects it to the back of the flow meter; the back of the flow meter also has a rubber tube leading out of it.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by and used at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario.
Maker
Ohio Surgical & Chemical Equipment Co., a Division of Air Reduction Company, Incorporated
The front gauge is in increments from 0 to 3000; it reads, "USE NO OIL // OHIO // (UL) ["UL" enclosed in a circle] // 847 // OHIO CHEMICAL // & SURGICAL EQUIPMENT CO. // A DIVISION OF // AIR REDUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED // MADISON, WISCONSIN, U.S.A. // AIRCO"; both cylinder yokes are labelled "O2" (the "2" is subscr.); the flow meter is labelled, "LITERS // PER // MINUTE // 760 MM // 21° C // SAT. // OXYGEN" and is in increments from 0 to 11; the top of the round piece has a "4" written on it in marker ink; the hose is labelled, "DAVOL ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-E2-4
Dimension Notes
Length: 25.5 cm. x Width: 23.0 cm. x Depth: 30.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
The connector arrived very dirty and dusty; the metal shows some minor corrosion; the rubber shows cracks and the end of the hose is broken; the plastic and glass parts are complete and undamaged
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. Ray Matthews
Research Facts
The connector would have been hooked up to an anaesthesia machine; the rubber hose would have led to the patient