Phillip Drinker's First Respirator Demonstration, May 27, 1927 (1 of 4)

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Title

Phillip Drinker's First Respirator Demonstration, May 27, 1927 (1 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).

(1) The experimental device was made from a rectangular sheet metal tank.

Date Created

May 27, 1927

Rights

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Access 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, S068.02

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.

Files

0001700_ref.jpg

Citation

“Phillip Drinker's First Respirator Demonstration, May 27, 1927 (1 of 4),” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/26583.