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Boyle's-type anaesthetic machine, with sphygmomanometer, "Bosun" oxygen failure warning device, flowmeters, fluotec vaporizer, Boyle's-type ether vaporizer, absorber, and accessories, by British Oxygen Company Ltd., 1955-1965
Henry Gaskin Boyle’s 1917 anaesthetic machine was the basis for a range of British anaesthetic machines. This example has meters for measuring gas flow, an oxygen failure warning device and a sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure. Made by The British Oxygen Co Ltd, the machine was used at Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire, England.
Sphygmomanometer for use on a Boyle's anaesthetic machine, by British Oxygen Company Ltd., 1955-1965
"Bosun" oxygen failure warning device, by British Oxygen Company Ltd., 1955-1965
Rotameter-type flowmeter, for oxygen, carbon dioxide, cyclopropane and nitrous oxide, by British Oxygen Company Ltd., 1955-1965
Fluotec mark 2 vaporizer, by Cyprane Ltd, 1955-1965 (still contains some fluothane)
Boyle's-bottle type ether vaporizer, by the British Oxygen Company Ltd., 19-- - 19-
Boyle's-type circle absorber, one canister for ether, one canister for soda lime, by British Oxygen Engineering Ltd., 1955-1965
Trolley with drawer for Boyle's-type anaesthetic machine, with sphygmomanometer, "Bosun" oxygen failure warning device, flowmeters, fluotec vaporizer, Boyle's-type ether vaporizer, absorber, and accessories, by British Oxygen Company Ltd., 1955-1965
Henry Gaskin Boyle’s 1917 anaesthetic machine was the basis for a range of British anaesthetic machines. This example has meters for measuring gas flow, an oxygen failure warning device and a sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure. Made by The British Oxygen Co Ltd, the machine was used at Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire, England.
