Pneumothorax apparatus
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0097.001
- MANUFACTURER
- T.C.W. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.3,.5-.7 glass;.4 &.8-.10 rubber;.11 glass, rubber & metal components..12 wood case had metal (including brass) hardware; paper scale protected by synthetic cover; felt pads line some internal supports.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 17.0 cm
- Height
- 50.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TCW
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This device used in 1920s.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto ON. - Function
-
Used to pump air into chest in order to collapse lung, in treatment of tuberculosis. - Technical
-
Example of simple, portable pneumothorax machine. For many years, use of the pneumothorax apparatus was the only [active] treatment available for TB (tuberculosis). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "T.C.W.- CO./ U.S.A." appears in raised print on underside of bottle. Scale 0-1000, graduated in increments of 50, printed on paper label [originally glued to bottle; now in supp. info.]."977.7C" handwritten in black ink on lower edge of bottle..2-.3 No markings visible..4 "12" appears in raised print on stopper top..5 "T.C.W.- CO./ U.S.A." appears in raised print on underside of bottle. Scale 0-1000, graduated in increments of 50, printed on paper label. "977.7D" handwritten in black ink on base..6-.7 No markings visible..8 "12" appears in raised print on stopper top..11 "CASTALOY" appears in raised print on both sides of tubing*
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- .1-.3,.5-.7.,.11 clear glass..4 solid grey stopper..8 solid black stopper..8-.9, portions of.11 are red rubber..12 dark brown wood case; green felt pads line bottle supports; bright brass colour handle and fitting to hold door open and stationary. Metal fittings inside case are dull silver colour. Off-white labels for.1 &.5 bottles have black text.
- Decoration
- N/A
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T.C.W. CO., Pneumothorax apparatus, circa 1920, Artifact no. 2002.0097, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0097.001/
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