Aspirator consisting of large glass jar supported on metal frame with valve and pumps attached

Made:
1905-1909 in Paris

Aspirator consisting of large glass jar supported on metal frame with valve and pumps attached, for treating forearm or hand according to Bier's method, with instructions, by Michel Bruneau and Cie, 4 Place de l'Odeon, Paris, France, 1905-1909.

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658653
Materials:
glass, metal and rubber
Measurements:
approx: length 510 mm
rim, max: diameter 230 mm
with valve plus stand, max: height 450 mm
pump: length 310 mm
pump: diameter 48 mm
disc: diameter 145 mm
disc: width 33 mm
type:
aspirators

Parts

Advertisement booklet for M. Bruneau's therapeutic apparatus all based on the Bier method

Advertisement booklet for M. Bruneau's therapeutic apparatus all based on the Bier method

Advertisement booklet for M. Bruneau's therapeutic apparatus all based on the Bier method, 16 folded pages with two end covers, published by Vigot Bros., Paris, France, Feb. 1909

Measurements:
length 240 mm
width 160 mm
thickness 2 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A658653 Pt1
type:
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Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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