Boyle Bottle
Dublin Core
Title
Boyle Bottle
Subject
Anesthesia, Inhalation – instrumentation
Ether, Ethyl
Chloroform
Vaporizers
Flowmeters
Description
Henry Boyle devised a portable anesthesia machine in 1917 incorporating the “Boyle Bottle” for vaporizing any liquid anesthetic. A glass bottle was used as a vaporizing chamber.
Date
1920s
Is Part Of
Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine collection.
Type
physical object
Files
Citation
“Boyle Bottle,” OnView, accessed April 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/26629.