Philip Drinker first demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of an artificial respirator

Philip Drinker first demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of an artificial respirator

Original notes on early experiments leading to the development of the iron lung

Photograph from the manuscript, Breathing machine (Experiments conducted), 26 September 1927 to 16 December 1928

Drinker, Philip, 1893-

26 September 1927 - 16 December 1928

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E2003.1.61

Harvard Medical School Faculty and Staff Portrait Collection: D-W, ca. 1774-2001., Ser. 00138, M-CL02, S068

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.