Early Respirator
Basic details
Background
This respirator was used at Harding Hospital. A respirator is a machine that helps a person breathe. Oxygen is delivered to the lungs under pressure, so it can reach the bloodstream in spite of the injured lung tissue. Lung diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia were usually fatal beofre the advent of modern drugs.Julius Jeffreys patented the first respirator in 1836.
