Drinkers Respirator - Made by Warren E. Collins, Inc.

Drinkers Respirator - Made by Warren E. Collins, Inc.

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Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
iron lung
respirator
Other Terms
Iron Lung; Respirator
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description
metal, steel (overall material)
glass (overall material)
foam rubber (overall material)
paint (overall material)
silver (overall color)
gray (overall color)
black (overall color)
orange (overall color)
brown (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 154.5 cm x 82 cm x 201 cm; 60 13/16 in x 32 5/16 in x 79 1/8 in
overall: 70 in x 43 in x 86 in; 177.8 cm x 109.22 cm x 218.44 cm
ID Number
1989.0398.01.01
catalog number
1989.0398.01
accession number
1989.0398
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Data Source
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Comments

I worked with Dr. Philip Drinker Jr. PhD, (son of the inventor of the Iron Lung) in Clinical Engineering, for many years at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston MA. We used a later version of the Iron Lung to help support a patient at the hospital. Displaying any images related to the Drinker Respirator would be most welcome, as a historical acknowledgement.

Philip M. Levine

Thu, 2020-02-13 08:09

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