Anesthesia Machine
name: label: maker
content: S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: In 1885, the S. S. White Dental Company developed the first machine in which O2 and N2O are mixed in a chamber and then delivered to the patient. This example of that machine, No. 3, Serial No. 32, dates from ca. 1900-1915. An inscription reads “NITROUS OXIDE AND OXYGEN / APPARATUS NO. 3.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07096
label: accession number
content: 218892
label: catalog number
content: M-07096
label: serial number
content: 32
label: accession number
content: 218892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Anesthesia Machine
label: Other Terms
content: Anesthesia Machine; Anesthesia Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 77.4 cm x 34.3 cm; 30 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in