M0012544: Stainless steel tube designed by Sir William Macewen

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Photograph of a stainless steel tube designed by Sir William Macewen for endotracheal intubation as an alternative to tracheotomy and also for the administration of chloroform in operations on the throat. This item was accessioned by Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

M0012544: Stainless steel tube designed by Sir William Macewen

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