TO SAVE THE WOUNDED
<, — NEW PORTABLE MACHINE BEING MASS-PRODUCED Sand "was .specially imported from Libya i'or experiments 011 a new poi'table vaporising machine i'or administering anaesthetics and artificial respiration on the battlefield and 'in air raids. One thousand «f the machines are to be mass-produc-ed in one of Britain's largest motor car factories. The v size and shape of a portable gramophone,, each of them weighs only .'iOlbs and they will replace the cumbersome gas cylinders at present used. The Libyan sand was used to test resistance- to penetration in sandstorms. The machines are also completely vermin proof. In hot climates, -where anaesthetics evaporate very rapidly, one can never be sure, with the usual methods, how much the patient has absorbed. The portable machine provides complete control of dosage; moreover, it enables one anaesthetist to take part in several operations. The first 200 of the new machines will go to Britain's R.A.F., after which the lighting services and the civil defence organisations '-vil each have their allocation.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 89, 10 August 1942, Page 5
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167TO SAVE THE WOUNDED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 89, 10 August 1942, Page 5
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