Boyle apparatus / British Oxygen Company

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Title

Alternative Title

BOC Boyle model H anesthesia machine

Subject

Anesthesia Machines

Anesthesia, Inhalation – instrumentation

Description

Henry E. G. Boyle, OBE, FRCS, DA (1875-1941) introduced this anesthesia machine in 1917. It was a modification of the American-made Gwathmey-Woolsey apparatus. It was so successful that it remained in production for fifty years. It could administer nitrous oxide, oxygen, cyclopropane and carbon dioxide gases. The machine also had vaporizers, called "Boyle bottles", to administer the volatile agents ether and Trilene.

Date

Between 1950 and 1955

Type

image

Identifier

https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/boc-boyle-machine/

Rights Holder

Image courtesy of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Schaumburg, Illinois. Used with permission.

Files

Citation

“Boyle apparatus / British Oxygen Company,” OnView, accessed April 18, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26648.