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O'Dwyers tracheal intubation instrument set, no 3

O'Dwyers tracheal intubation instrument set, no 3

Maker
Archibald Young
Date
Unknown
Description
O'Dwyer's laryngeal intubation instruments consisting of an introducer, extractor, three brass tubes, two metal rods hinged in the middle, some twine and a case.

Joseph P. O'Dwyer introduced the O'Dwyer tube for laryngeal intubation in patients with an obstructed larynx in 1885. It soon replaced tracheostomy as an emergency diphtheric intubation method.
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Object detail

Maker

Archibald Young

Date

Unknown

Medium

metal, brass, polymetric synthetic, cotton

Accession Number

MHM00276

Credit line

Gift of Dr Charles Roseby, 1968

Inscriptions

maker's mark ▫ extractor stamped: 'YOUNG EDINBURGH/3'
metal imprint/maker's mark ▫ other components stamped: '3'
maker's mark ▫ case marked: 'ARCHD YOUNG, 31 FORREST ROAD, EDINBURGH.'

Object Type

instruments

Medical History Museum Category

Medical Specialties

Museum

Medical History Museum

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