Ether/Chloroform Mask

Ether/Chloroform Mask

Ether

Anesthesia, Inhalation

Equipment and Supplies

Modified Schimmelbusch (style 1889) ether/chloroform mask. Masks like these were covered with a gauze cloth, then placed over the patient’s mouth and nose, while drops of either chloroform or ether were applied to the cloth until the patient became insensible. Note the trough edge designed to catch excess anesthetic and keep it from irritating the patient’s face, and the ring clamp which kept the cloth tightly in place.

Ether/chloroform masks

19th century

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Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Devices

physical object

Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 22032

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