Historical Anaesthetic Equipment

From a Catalogue of Surgical Equipment
published in London, England, in 1930


Junker's Chloroform Inhaler


No.Description
Cost
£s.d.
295Chloroform Inhaler, Junker's, with Buxton's Bottle, fitted with improved automatic safety valve, suggested by Major L.M. Routh, R.A.M.C., and supplied to the Army Medical Department, graduated to 12 drms., complete with double rubber belows, tubing, and malleable mouth tube each 1176
296If with Tyrell's mask, as in illustrated in fig.300 each 260
297If with celluloid face piece, as in illustrated in fig.304 each 2186
298Leather-covered carrying case for either of the above extra 0150
299Buxton's bottle only, with Major Routh's improved safety valve each 196
Junker's Chloroform Inhaler, No. 295


No.Description
Cost
£s.d.
300Chloroform Inhaler, Junker's, with Buxton's Bottle, fitted with improved automatic safety valve, graduated to 8 drms., complete with double rubber belows, tubing, malleable mouth tube, and Tyrrell's mask with flannel cover each 220
Junker's Chloroform Inhaler, No. 300


No.Description
Cost
£s.d.
304Chloroform Inhaler, Junker's, with Rigby's Safety Bottle, fitted with ball valve. It is impossible to blow liquid chloroform. Graduated to 16 drms., complete with double rubber belows, tubing, malleable mouth tube and celluloid face piece each 2176
Junker's Chloroform Inhaler, No. 304


Note about prices:
British prices were in pounds (£ ), shillings (s.) and pence (d.). Each shilling is 1/20th of a pound, and each penny is 1/12 of a shilling or 1/240th of a pound. To convert to pounds, count each shilling as 0.05 pounds and each penny as 0.00417 pounds. Three pounds, twelve shillings and six pence is therefore 3.625 pounds.
In July 1996 one pound was worth 2.12 Canadian or 1.55 US dollars.


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