Portable ether anaesthesia and analgesia machine
Date
Circa 1944
Description
Thought to be a portable ether anaesthesia and analgesia machine in purpose-made wood box. Box is painted cream and has a hinged lid and a single catch at the front. The box may have had a handle at some stage as two metal attachments are still present on the side of the box. The set includes what is thought to be a metal ether inhaler drum which is circular and attached to the floor of the case. There are lengths of corrugated rubber hose with connectors, brittle and perishing, there is a glass ether bottle and a rebreathing bag. The top of the drum has a control level for with increments from 0, ¼, ½, ¾.. The glass jar has a screw top lid and an inner metal canisters. There are three metal connectors attached to the metal lid. The lid is stamped "G Kaye 44". The rebreathing bag has an angled connector which is also stamped: "G Kaye 44". G Kaye is thought to refer to Melbourne-born anaesthetist Geoffrey Kaye (1903-1986) who had his own engineering works and who may have originally built this piece. The item is very similar to Dr Thomas Small's portable ether inhaler.
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Object detail
46.0 x 8.0 x 2.7 cm (Rebreathing bag)
17.0 x 34.5 x 33.4 cm (Case)
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