Anesthesia

Chloroform Inhaler
EH1006
Metal chloroform inhaler with tan cloth bag. Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic in 1847 and later became a popular alternative to ether. It was very popular in the US until about 1900 when it was realized that chloroform could cause liver dam... View Full Record
Ethyle Chloride Container
EH101031
Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride Container. Used to apply ethyl chloride to area as a topical anesthetic before a minor surgery or as a temporary pain reliever. This specific container was seen in the 1915 Lentz catalogue and was priced from $1 to $1.60. The... View Full Record
Chloroform Inhaler
EH101141
A metal wire chloroform inhaler. This mask would cover the patient's nose and mouth, while the cloth on top would have chloroform slowly dropped onto it until the surgery was over. Chlorofom was a popular alternative to ether before 1900, when sc... View Full Record
Anesthesia Machine
EH101184
Free standing Heidbrink anesthesia machine. The machine used oxygen, nitrous oxide and ethylene to supply an anesthetic to the patient in surgery. The combination of ethylene and oxygen as an anesthetic was discovered in the early 1900's and was high... View Full Record
Anesthesia Equipment
EH101217
Parts to multiple anesthesia machines and some extra equipment.... View Full Record
Chloroform Mask
EH101293
Metal chloroform inhaler. Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic in 1847 and later became a popular alternative to ether. It was very popular in the US until about 1900 when it was realized that chloroform could cause liver damage, although its u... View Full Record
ether anesthesia mask
EH1014
Anesthetic mask that could have been used with either ether or chloroform. Designed by Carl Schinmelbusch in 1890 Berlin, this mask was placed over the patient's nose and mouth while the chosen anesthetic was dripped continuously onto the cloth.... View Full Record
Chloroform Inhaler
eh101678
Metal chloroform inhaler. Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic in 1847 and later became a popular alternative to ether. It was very popular in the US until about 1900 when it was realized that chloroform could cause liver damage, although its u... View Full Record
Chloroform mask
EH102064
Brass colored wire chloroform inhaler. Design introduced by Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch in 1877 and could be found in the US as late as 1950. This same design may have been used by German troops as late as the end of WWII. The use of chlorofo... View Full Record
Endotrachial Tube Gage
EH10238
Magill endotrachial tube gage. Manufactured by the Ohio Chemical & Surgical Equipment Co.. Ivan Magill invented the endotrachial tube during WW1, as well as many other anesthetic tools, due to the difficulty of administering general anesthetics by wa... View Full Record
Breathing Tubes
EH10567
Set of breathing tubes used during a surgery involving anesthetics. Tubes are placed down the patient's throat after they're asleep to make sure that oxygen gets to their lungs. They can also be used to protect the patient's lungs from gastric aspira... View Full Record
Ether Mask
EH10611
Ether and/or chloroform inhaler.... View Full Record
Chloroform Inhaler
EH10613
Set of four metal chloroform inhalers. Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic in 1847 and later became a popular alternative to ether. It was very popular in the US until about 1900 when it was realized that chloroform could cause liver damage, a... View Full Record
Ether Inhaler
EH10618
Set of two Allis ether inhalers- first produced by surgeon Oscar H. Allis. While his inhaler design was very popular in the later 1800's, the surgeon is most known for developing a way to reconnect two pieces of intestine. The inhaler would cover p... View Full Record
Chloroform Inhaler
EH10907
A metal chloroform inhaler. Chloroform was first used as an anesthetic in 1847 and later became a popular alternative to ether. It was very popular in the US until about 1900 when it was realized that chloroform could cause liver damage, although its... View Full Record
Chloroform Inhaler
EH10559
Esmarch's Chloroform Inhaler Improved Wide Frame. Sold with drop bottle and another missing wire piece. Sold for $0.75 in the 1915 Lentz catalogue. The frame would cover the patient's nose and mouth, while the cloth on top would have chloroform slowl... View Full Record
Ether Jar
EH10350
Large glass container used to hold ether. Ether was first publicly demonstrated as an anesthetic in 1846 and became a popular anesthetic thereafter. It declined in popularity once chloroform began to be used, but quickly replaced it again at the star... View Full Record
Ether Container
EH102195
Medium sized tin can with a mint green cover. Was used to contain a liquid form of ether.... View Full Record
Anesthesia machine
EH10315
Part of a 20th century anesthesia machine. Consits of two CO2 absorption containers, three small containers for other gases or liquids, and two rubber tubes. When an anesthesia machine was used by a patient, their breath would travel through the mach... View Full Record
Anesthesia Equipment
EH105118
Various anesthesia equipment: most, if not all, from various anesthesia machines.... View Full Record
Anesthesia Equipment
EH105119
Two anesthesia machines' air masks.... View Full Record