Anesthesia Machine

Anesthesia Machine

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Description
Albert Charles Clark (1867-1926) established the A. C. Clark & Co. in Chicago in 1895, largely to produce dental and surgical items based on his inventions. The firm began making anesthesia machines in 1904. The original model was among the first to administer what would become the standard triad of agents: ether, nitrous oxide, and oxygen. Clark was also, for many years, an Illinois State Senator. And, during World War I, he developed altitude masks for aviators.
Ref: “Clark Rites Tomorrow,” Los Angeles Times (May 23, 1927), p. 13.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
anesthesia apparatus, gas oxygen
anesthesia machine
Measurements
overall: 35 3/4 in x 21 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 90.805 cm x 54.61 cm x 54.61 cm
ID Number
MG.M-07154
catalog number
M-07154
accession number
218892
Credit Line
W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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