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Pneumothorax apparatus, London, England, 1901-1930
A pneumothorax is where the lung collapses due to a change in pressure in the chest cavity. This condition occurs when the chest and lungs are penetrated in an accident or injury. Before the discovery of effective antibiotics in the early 1940s, a pneumothorax might be triggered deliberately as a treatment for tuberculosis. Gases such as nitrogen and oxygen would be injected into the chest cavity,…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- pneumothorax apparatus
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- pneumothorax apparatus
Providing institution
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0058223
Identifier
- L0058223
- Science Museum A629309
- b24drcem
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:35:42.873Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:35:42.873Z