Ohio No. 8 Vaporizer
Dublin Core
Title
Ohio No. 8 Vaporizer
Subject
Anesthesia, Inhalation – instrumentation
Vaporizers
Description
A standard vaporizer on the popular Kinet-O-Meter anesthesia machines created by the Ohio Chemical and Manufacturing company from the 1930s through the 1960s, the Ohio No. 8 vaporizer improved the Boyle Bottle by adding a control dial for pushing the carrier gas through the liquid anesthetic, a wick to create more surface area to vaporize the liquid anesthetic, and a bypass valve to control the flow of gas to the patient.
Date
1940s
Is Part Of
Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine collection.
Type
physical object
Files
Citation
“Ohio No. 8 Vaporizer,” OnView, accessed April 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/26632.