Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785 Resuscitator for reviving "persons apparently dead"

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Resuscitator for reviving "persons apparently dead"
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Resuscitator for reviving "persons apparently dead", labelled "Royal Humane Society 1774", English, 1785 onwards

Resuscitator for reviving "persons apparently dead", labelled "Royal Humane Society 1774", English

Details

Category:
Emergency Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A640992
Materials:
incomplete, mahogany (wood), brass, cloth, ivory, leather, wood (unidentified), silver and glass
Measurements:
overall: 135 mm x 481 mm x 298 mm, 6.18kg
overall (open for display): 368 mm x 483 mm x 345 mm,
type:
resuscitator

Parts

Nozzle with chamber for burning tobacco

Nozzle with chamber for burning tobacco

Nozzle with chamber for burning tobacco

Materials:
wood and brass
Object Number:
A640992 Pt2
type:
nozzles
Wooden box for keeping tobacco in

Wooden box for keeping tobacco in

Wooden box for keeping tobacco in

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A640992 Pt3
type:
boxes
Four bottles with ground glass stoppers

Four bottles with ground glass stoppers

Four bottles with ground glass stoppers

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A640992 Pt4
type:
bottles
Two bone rectal nozzles

Two bone rectal nozzles

Two bone rectal nozzles

Materials:
bone
Object Number:
A640992 Pt5
type:
nozzles
Silver nozzle for inflating lungs

Silver nozzle for inflating lungs

Silver nozzle for inflating lungs

Materials:
silver
Object Number:
A640992 Pt6
type:
nozzles
Metal bronchotomy nozzle

Metal bronchotomy nozzle

Metal bronchotomy nozzle

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A640992 Pt7
type:
nozzles
Three ivory nasal nozzles

Three ivory nasal nozzles

Three ivory nasal nozzles

Materials:
ivory
Object Number:
A640992 Pt8
type:
nozzles
Wooden motif gag

Wooden motif gag

Wooden motif gag

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A640992 Pt9
type:
gags
Piston-action bone syringe

Piston-action bone syringe

Piston-action bone syringe

Materials:
bone
Object Number:
A640992 Pt10
type:
syringes
Length of flexible tubing

Length of flexible tubing

Length of flexible tubing

Materials:
leather and metal
Object Number:
A640992 Pt11
type:
tubing
Two lengths of flexible tubing

Two lengths of flexible tubing

Two lengths of flexible tubing

Materials:
leather and metal
Object Number:
A640992 Pt12
type:
tubing
Illustrated contents list

Illustrated contents list

Illustrated contents list, paper watermarked 1802

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A640992 Pt13
type:
contents lists