Phillip Drinker's First Respirator Demonstration, May 27, 1927 (4 of 4)
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Title
Phillip Drinker's First Respirator Demonstration, May 27, 1927 (4 of 4)
Subject
artificial respiration
Description
May 27, 1927: After Phillip Drinker’s and Louis Shaw’s successful laboratory and animal experimentation using positive and negative pressure to produce artificial respiration, Dr. Drinker tested the concept on himself on the roof of the Harvard School of Public Health at 55 Van Dyke Street (now called Shattuck Street).
(4) Underneath the tank are two vacuum cleaner type pumps with inlet and outlet valves. Alternating pressure cycles are created by attendant, Louis Freni, manually operating a hand rocker valve to apply positive and negative pressure inside the chamber.
(4) Underneath the tank are two vacuum cleaner type pumps with inlet and outlet valves. Alternating pressure cycles are created by attendant, Louis Freni, manually operating a hand rocker valve to apply positive and negative pressure inside the chamber.
Date Created
May 27, 1927
Rights
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Extent
1 photograph
Type
image
Identifier
Harvard Medical School Faculty and Staff Portrait Collection: D-W, ca. 1774-2001., Ser. 00138, M-CL02, S068.05
Provenance
The original photographs were likely removed from Philip Drinker's research notebook, "Breathing Machine, 9/26/27 to 12/16/28" (Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University, call number 1.Mh.1928.D) at some time in the past and later slotted into the faculty image collection. Dr. Drinker donated his notebook to Harvard Medical School in 1955.
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Citation
“Phillip Drinker's First Respirator Demonstration, May 27, 1927 (4 of 4),” OnView, accessed April 29, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26596.