Respirator
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription in the lid of the case of this device reads “MR. JEFFREY’S / PATENT / RESPIRATOR.” Julius Jeffreys (1800-1877) was a British surgeon and writer whose respirator received a British patent in 1836.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. A. R. Taylor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06420
label: catalog number
content: M-06420
label: accession number
content: 172397
objectType: label: Object Name
content: respirator
label: Object Name
content: respirator, oral
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; metal mesh (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container (case) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (in case): 5.8 cm x 9 29/32 in x 5.6 cm; 2 9/32 in x 25.146 cm x 2 7/32 in