M0006962: Clover's chloroform appartus for inhaler

Date:: 8 May 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/59/57

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    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0006934-M0007011WT/D/1/20/1/59
        M0006962: Clover's chloroform appartus for inhalerWT/D/1/20/1/59/57

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M0006962: Clover's chloroform appartus for inhaler. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Joseph Clover's chloroform apparatus.

Description

Photograph of apparatus for an 1862 chloroform inhaler designed by Joseph Clover, one of the first attempts at controlling vapour strength through a bellows system, in a leather case. The inhaler was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 28th April 1936 (R1954/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0006027

Publication/Creation

8 May 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R1954/1936.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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