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Looks like an massive old pump... again, identifying medical equipment is not my forte.
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Stomach pump maybe? For overdoses?
lammer
Thu 05-12-2005
Maybe an ancient ventilator?
Scott
Fri 05-13-2005
if u ask me my guess is that this device is used to breath for a patient who has weak lungs. almost like life support. but then again identifying medical equipment is not my forte either
MaDMaN
Fri 05-13-2005
I agree with MaDMaN
Amanda
Fri 05-13-2005
Is that an electric cord or a hose dangling? I keep thinking I see prongs.
Nauseous
Thu 05-26-2005
well, what ever that machine was, can you imagine being strapped to a table and a nurse or doctor wheeling that thing over to you? Daym!
silkster40z
Sat 05-28-2005
It is an old time ventilator.
Bratty
Thu 06-09-2005
It is most defiently an old time life-suppor system.
Cyrus
Mon 06-13-2005
I don't feel like it's a ventilator because it's too big and there aren't any gauges.

It looks like it's missing some parts. I keep thinking it was used for suction?
Nauseous
Sat 06-18-2005
Scott, MaDMaN, Amanda, Cyrus, and Bratty got it - it's an old ventilator (also called a respirator)!

http://www.shef.ac.uk/~a/museum/jefferson_ventilator.html

"Jefferson Ventilator

Originally designed in 1955 as an improvement of the Allbritten designed the previous year. A Classic bag in bottle ventilator, made by Air-Shields Inc in the USA. This one was bought in 1962 for cardio thoracic surgery."
Lynne
Sun 06-19-2005
I know - who'da thunk it? I had no idea they were ever that big. I also had no idea that ventilators were only developed in the early to mid-50's. I guess I thought they had been around for a lot longer.
Lynne
Sun 06-19-2005
Very interesting. Definetly looks like some kind of ventilator.
Catherine M.
Thu 06-23-2005
It looks like some kind of old respirator to my eye. The kind that used to be used in surgery.
Jill B
Tue 08-02-2005
They definitely still have those in hospitals nowadays.
heh, in almost every room.
Next time you're visiting a dying friend check it out!
Poisonousxbeauty
Mon 11-21-2005
that is a HUGE ventilator, could you imagine someone hooked up to that, crazy!!!!!
rtotten
Thu 02-16-2006
No Motts, identifying pretty much ANYTHING for that matter (not calling you stupid) isnt your forte.

Proven by the infamous soap dispenser.

:P
lawl
Thu 03-16-2006
Yep, definately looks like and old ventilator- the ones used today aren't that different- these are post-iron lung days- when did this facility close......
Cait
Tue 04-11-2006
This was a respirator...for people who could not breath on their own. The pump inside would force oxygen into the lungs, and it would suction the carbon dioxide out.
Zack
Thu 05-18-2006
Whatever it is... I don't like it.
Keith
Thu 05-25-2006
ITS EITHER A ORGAN GRINDER OR BONE GRINDER
MIKE
Sat 06-10-2006
OR OXYGEN TANK
MIKE
Sat 06-10-2006
Old ventilator maybe judging by the bellows at the bottom of the thing.
Big ED
Sat 06-10-2006
Yeah... nothing like trying to grind organs and bones in a respirator. The evil things they did to people and their bodies after the experiments killed them. I's so ashamed. :(
CAS
Sat 06-10-2006
I'm more worried about what happened to the organ grinder's monkey . . . . =8-o
Lynne
Sat 06-10-2006
I think Motts took a picture of it's hand a while back... I tried to find the picture but wasn't able to find it.
CAS
Sat 06-10-2006
Lynne you make me laugh!
Sian
Thu 07-06-2006
This is what's called a suction aspirator. It was used for abortions. The fetus would be sucked through the tube and up into the little holding tank.
Amy
Sat 07-15-2006
It is not a suction aspirator used for abortions. It is a Jefferson Ventilator designed in 1955. See Lynne's post above. She even has a link where you can see a picture of one.
AuntMaymeMommy
Sun 07-16-2006
It looks like an iron lung to me
Fraser
Fri 08-04-2006
Nah, these are Iron Lungs: http://www.opacity.us/...e2691_iron_lungs.htm

;)
Motts
Mon 08-07-2006
What was the infamous "soap dispenser" incident? Anyone care to fill me in? =)
Keleigh
Wed 08-23-2006
That was when Motts called a soap dispenser a light fixture by mistake, and he's been such a good sport while we've totally blown it out of proportion. Just don't ask about the derbies......
Grifspop
Thu 08-24-2006
Hey motts, is it only you, or do you have a gropup of people?
Anthony
Wed 11-08-2006
looks like a BassOmatic
canoesino
Wed 12-20-2006
looks like the ventilator/suction thing used in M.A.S.H
todd
Wed 06-27-2007
It sorta looks like an old coffee kettle
tealclock
Tue 04-22-2008
looks like a robot from a '50s sci-fi movie
ravi
Fri 06-20-2008
loos like an old suction devise of some sort. (maybe) lol
Trish
Wed 09-10-2008
It looks like an early version of the resporator that they use to help you breathe.
MerrittKet
Sun 11-30-2008
Thank God that our respirators these days are much smaller. I would never be able to fit that beast on the ambulance!
MedicSpanker
Fri 12-26-2008
IT kinda looks like it would be a stomach pump, wich kind of creeps me out but in a good way!
anne
Wed 03-25-2009
It's an old ventilator
Archelon
Thu 09-03-2009
Yes,it achualley is aventator
dude
Fri 01-08-2010
I think you’ve made some truly interesting points. Not too many people would actually think about this the way you just did. I’m really impressed that there so much about this subject that’s been uncovered and you did it so well, with so much class. Good one you, man! Really great stuff here.
medical equipment
Tue 11-02-2010
Working in modern day nursing homes and hospitals--I would think that this machine was a suctioning machine for when people are choking----there would have been another rubber hose at the end which was inserted in the mouth to clear the throat passages of food, or whatever was obstructing the airway.
Cathy
Fri 12-10-2010
it might be a soap dispenser...lol
colin
Mon 01-24-2011
eeeek, another frightening leviathan .....shudder...
Tjo
Tue 02-22-2011
you guys are all wrong, its a thing-a-ma-ging
colin
Tue 02-22-2011

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