Electrophrenic Respirator
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Sanborn Company
notes: label: Description
content: Electric stimulation of the phrenic nerve for resuscitation began in 1872. American cardiologist Stanley J. Sarnoff (1918-1990) reintroduced the technique for artificial respiration in the late 1940s. This portable version of Sarnoff’s apparatus was probably made in the 1950s. A tag on the front reads “SANBORN / Electrophrenic Respirator.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN83541U33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Respirator, Electrophrenic
label: Other Terms
content: Respirator, Electrophrenic; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 20.955 cm x 24.13 cm