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The Alcock chloroform vaporizer
Author(s) -
ZUCK D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05667.x
Subject(s) - vaporizer , medicine , chloroform , plenum space , anesthesia , chromatography , mechanical engineering , engineering , pathology , chemistry
Summary A long‐forgotten chloroform inhaler, probably the first accurately calibrated, temperature compensatable, plenum vaporizer, is described. Its place in the dosimetric movement at the beginning of the 20th century is considered, together with a brief account of the life of its designer.