Hewitt's Anesthesia Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: The “Hewitt’s Apparatus” inscription on this stopcock refers to Frederick William Hewitt (1857-1916), a prominent British anesthesiologist who favored the use of nitrous oxide. Another inscription reads “G. BARTH & Co. / Sole Makers / LONDON.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Frederick William Hewitt, The Administration of Nitrous Oxide for Dental Operations (London, 1897).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09483
label: catalog number
content: M-09483
label: accession number
content: 232230
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anesthesia inhaler
label: Object Name
content: anesthesia apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 8.255 cm x 13.97 cm