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