APPARATUS, METABOLISM

Description: 1. ABSORBER: UNIT HAS SQUARE ALUMINUM BASE WITH GLASS CANISTER AND RUBBER HOSE MOUNTED VERTICALLY TO BASE. CANISTER HAS CONICAL CHROME PLATES TOP AND BOTTOM AND IS FILLED WITH NUMEROUS SMALL PINK STONES. TOP OF CANISTER HAS CRISS-CROSS GRIP AND "FOREGGER" STAMPED NEAR ELBOW TUBE. YELLOW/BROWN RUBBER HOSE WITH COIL AROUND IT IS ATTACHED TO ELBOW TUBE AT TOP OF CANISTER AND AT BASE. BASE HAS BEVELED EDGES AND "FOREGGER" STAMPED INTO IT. FRONT OF BASE HAS TWO CYLINDRICAL HOSE COLLARS AND BACK HAS ONE WITH SIDE MOUNTED VALVE TUBE. ALSO AT BACK IS BLACK PLASTIC KNOB WITH BEADED CHAIN ATTACHED TO BASE. 2. BREATHING TUBES: 50 X 8.5 X 5.5CM BLACK RUBBER BREATHING TUBES WITH CHROME PLATED "Y" JOINT AND CIRCULAR PLASTIC MOUTH PIECE. RUBBER TUBES ARE RIBBED WITH SMOOTH ENDS. ONE HOSE IS NEARLY TORN OFF (*NOTE* FOUND COMPLETELY TORN OFF AUG/04). "Y" JOINT HAS CYLINDRICAL MIDDLE WITH TWO ARMS AT BOTTOM AND ELBOW JOINT AT TOP. JOINT HAS CIRCULAR COLLAR WITH "FOREGGER" STAMPED INTO IT. YELLOWED PLASTIC MOUTH PIECE ALSO HAS "FOREGGER 18-D" STAMPED INTO IT. VALVE KNOB ON Y JOINT HAS "MODEL NO. 188 PAT NO. 2839054" AND "SIERRA ENG. CO., SIERRA MADRE, CALIF.". MOUTH PIECE HAS DRIED RUBBER RING AROUND IT. 3. MOUTH PIECE: CIRCULAR RUBBER MOUTH PIECE IS EXTREMELY DRIED AND CRACKED AND ONE SIDE HAS BROKEN OFF. RUBBER FINISH ON BOTTOM IS ALSO EXTREMELY DRIED AND MUCH OF IT HAS BROKEN OFF.

History: ABSORBER WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.