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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1937
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0036.002

MANUFACTURER: Foregger
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal body

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 3.4 cm
Width: 3.3 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Foregger
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a collection of medical technologies donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation by the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. This object was lent/donated by the University of British Columbia’s Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapentics to the Wood Library – Museum of Anesthesiology. It was returned to Canada in 2005 by the Museum and donated to CAS from the above mentioned UBC Dept.
Function: Unknown
Technical: This type of artificial airway was invented by Dr. Beverly Leech in 1937. Dr. Leech of Regina, Saskatchewan, experimented with the wax casts of cadaver pharynxes prior to the invention of this artificial airway. As a result of this experimental research, Dr. Leech developed a detachable rubber bulb designed to fit into the pharynx for an air-tight seal and a loop on the lower end of the metal core to prevent obstruction of aperture by epiglottis or other tissue.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On tube body: "FOREGGER"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Dull silver coloured metal finish
Decoration: N/A

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Foregger, Tube, connecting, circa 1937, Artifact no. 2014.0036, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0036.002/

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