Hewitt ether inhaler
Maker
Coxeter & Son
Description
Hewitt type ether inhaler, with metal mouth piece and vulcanised rubber plug for ether chamber. Made by Coxeter and Son, London for W. Ramsay, Melbourne. Serial number 3116.
Sir Frederic W. Hewitt (1857-1916), an accomplished and well respected English anesthesiologist, was an expert in the function and use of the Clover Ether Inhaler. In 1901, Hewitt described his modification of the Clover Inhaler. Often referred to as the Hewitt Wide-Bore Inhaler, Dr. Hewitt introduced changes in order to make it easier to breathe through the device and improve the ventilation of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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