Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Made:: 1785 in London

maker:: Evans and Company

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:: 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

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Parts

Hand-operated bellows

Measurements:: length 400 mm
width 152 mm

Materials:: wood , leather and brass

Object Number:: A640992 Pt1

type:: bellows

Nozzle with chamber for burning tobacco

Measurements:: length 272 mm
diameter 55 mm

Materials:: wood and brass

Object Number:: A640992 Pt2

type:: nozzles

Wooden box for keeping tobacco in

Measurements:: length 190 mm
width 50 mm
height 78 mm

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A640992 Pt3

type:: boxes

Four bottles with ground glass stoppers

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A640992 Pt4

type:: bottles

Two bone rectal nozzles

Measurements:: length 94 mm

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: A640992 Pt5

type:: nozzles

Silver nozzle for inflating lungs

Measurements:: length 125 mm

Materials:: silver

Object Number:: A640992 Pt6

type:: nozzles

Metal bronchotomy nozzle

Measurements:: length 34 mm

Materials:: metal

Object Number:: A640992 Pt7

type:: nozzles

Three ivory nasal nozzles

Materials:: ivory

Object Number:: A640992 Pt8

type:: nozzles

Wooden motif gag

Measurements:: length 99 mm

Materials:: wood

Object Number:: A640992 Pt9

type:: gags

Piston-action bone syringe

Measurements:: length 147 mm
diameter 33 mm

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: A640992 Pt10

type:: syringes

Length of flexible tubing

Measurements:: length 239 mm

Materials:: leather and metal

Object Number:: A640992 Pt11

type:: tubing

Two lengths of flexible tubing

Measurements:: length 600 mm

Materials:: leather and metal

Object Number:: A640992 Pt12

type:: tubing

Illustrated contents list

Illustrated contents list, paper watermarked 1802

Measurements:: overall (lying flat, mounted): 10 mm x 340 mm x 421 mm, 0.21 kg

Materials:: paper

Object Number:: A640992 Pt13

type:: contents lists

Resuscitator kit

Wooden case for resuscitator for reviving "persons apparently dead", labelled "Royal Humane Society 1774", English

Measurements:: overall (case closed): 120 mm x 500 mm x 310 mm, 6.252 kg
overall (open): 375 mm x 500 mm x 348 mm, 6.252 kg

Materials:: mahogany (wood) , textile , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , metal plated (unknown) and horse hair

Object Number:: A640992 Pt14

type:: instrument cases

Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Details

Parts

Hand-operated bellows

Nozzle with chamber for burning tobacco

Wooden box for keeping tobacco in

Four bottles with ground glass stoppers

Two bone rectal nozzles

Silver nozzle for inflating lungs

Metal bronchotomy nozzle

Three ivory nasal nozzles

Wooden motif gag

Piston-action bone syringe

Length of flexible tubing

Two lengths of flexible tubing

Illustrated contents list

Resuscitator kit

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