Two ‘Amplon’ bottles of cyclopropane gas
- Made:
- 1940-1955 in New York state
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Two metal "Amplon" bottles of cyclopropane gas with piercing block and key to open them with, by E.R. Squibb and Sons, New York, 1940-1955
‘Amplon’ is a trade name for liquid cyclopropane gas. The gas was first synthesised in 1885 in the United States and was in use as an anaesthetic from 1930 onwards. After piercing the tops, the gas was connected to and inhaled through a face mask. Made by E R Squibb & Sons in New York, cyclopropane was used especially for chest surgery. The gas’s main drawback was that it was inflammable and so it was replaced by non-flammable gases in the late 1950s.
Details
- Category:
- Anaesthesiology
- Object Number:
- 1987-406
- Measurements:
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overall: 70 mm 30 mm, .1kg
piercing block: 80 mm 50 mm, .55kg
- type:
- gas cylinder
- credit:
- Glaxo Group Research (Middx)
