M0011295: Silhouette of a man using Hutchinson's spirometer

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Hutchinson's spirometer

Illustration of Hutchinson's spirometer which is set on a table about three feet high. The position of filling the chest before breathing into the spirometer is shown. The illustration is published in Hutchinson, John: "On the capacity of the lungs, and on the respiratory functions, with a view of establishing a precise and easy method of detecting disease by the spirometer", Medico-chirurgical transactions, vol.29, 1846. Related images: M0011296, M0011297

1950

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2021.

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