Anesthesia mask in the 'rat trap' style with lift off portion for inserting mesh fabric and clamping down.
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F2-8 Row F
Temporary Location
Education Collection: mounted on black foamboard
Condition Remarks
The four joins holding the cross pieces together are broken, and three of the joins are held together by brass or copper wire; the rivet holding the clamp is gone, and the clamp is held on by wire; the plating is peeling away and there is oxidation on the mask; #2: signs of use; nickle is peeling off the mask; approx. 80% of the mask is no longer covered in nickle; nicks and scratches on the inside bars; there is wire wrapped around the neck of the mask, and three of the inside wires; cloth is brownish-white and has several stains; shows signs of use
Copy Type
Original
Exhibit History
On exhibit "When Medicine Met Science," Museum of Health Care, April 29, 2003.