Suction Pump
name: label: maker
content: J. H. Emerson Co.
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this item reads "Emerson Pleural Suction Pump / Model PS#489 / J. H. Emerson Co., Cambridge, Mass." John Haven ‘Jack’ Emerson (1906-1997) established the J. H. Emerson Co. in 1928, and contributed to the development of the iron lung and other biomedical devices.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donation of George E. Burch, Jr., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0186.085
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0186.085
label: accession number
content: 1980.0186
label: model number
content: PS#489
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pleural suction pump
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 cm x 30 in; 35 13/16 in x 76.2 cm