Anesthesia and Analgesia

Items used in anesthesia and analgesia (not sub-divided) comprise approximately .5 percent of the collection.

HC 19

• Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1860-present
• Approximately 55 items.
• These items, which include masks and anesthetics, document the early development of general anesthesia related to the administration of ether and chloroform. Highlights of the collection includes the ether inhaler developed by Dr. John J. Chisolm of the Confederate Army. Also included is the wide variety of over-the-counter analgesics, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, marketed during the last half of the 20th century. The collection also includes Champaigne's Gastric Cooler, designed to treat ulcers with super-cooled liquid-filled balloons, which was ultimately abandoned.