M0012541: Tube designed by Sir William Macewen

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Tube designed by Sir William Macewen.

Photograph of a tube designed by Sir William Macewen for endotracheal intubation as an alternative to tracheotomy and also for the administration of chloroform in operations on the throat. This item was accessioned by Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R100/1963) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

May 1952

3 photographs glass plate negative, sheet film negative, photographic print; range in size from 8.3 x 10.8 cm to 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R100/1963

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.