Intubation Kit Used by Dr. Samuel Brusilow to Care for Diphtheria Patients
- Description (Brief)
- This kit was used by Dr. Samuel Brusilow when he was the house officer caring for diphtheria patients at an infectious disease hospital in Brooklyn, New York, circa 1920. The kit contains: 7 hard rubber intubation tubes with metal obturators and strings attached to each; 1 intubation tube scale (1 - 12 years); 1 Introducer; 1 intubation tube extractor; 1 mouth gag.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- after 1892
- maker
- Ermold, George
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- hard rubber (overall material)
- string (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.5 cm x 23 cm x 9 cm; 1 3/8 in x 9 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in
- overall, case: 2 5/8 in x 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 22.86 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 2001.0128.02
- catalog number
- 2001.0128.02
- accession number
- 2001.0128
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael Brusilow, M.D. and Saul Brusilow, M.D.
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Diphtheria
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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