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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0097.002
- MANUFACTURER
- T.C.W. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass tube
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- N/A
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Clear glass tube
- Decoration
- N/A
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