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How an iron lung works
How does an iron lung work?
Week number 39-37
A demonstration of the working of an "iron lung" in a hospital in Nijmegen. In this device, breathing is accomplished mechanically by compression and decompression of the trunk. SHOTS: - Doctor turns "iron lung" around and opens door of apparatus, after which nurse places patient in apparatus; - Closing valve is placed over head and pillow is placed under head, after which doctor closes apparatus;…
Creator
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer)
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publisher
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Subject
- respiration
- demonstraties
- medicine
- medical equipment
- iron lung
- Medicine
Type of item
- moving images
Date
- 1939-09-11
- 1939-09-11
Creator
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer)
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publisher
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Subject
- respiration
- demonstraties
- medicine
- medical equipment
- iron lung
- Medicine
Type of item
- moving images
Date
- 1939-09-11
- 1939-09-11
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
Places
- Netherlands
- Nijmegen
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Nijmegen
- Nijmegen
- Nijmegen
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Nijmegen
- Netherlands
Source
- Open Images
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/data/euscreenXL/https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/131142
- 517511
Extent
- PT1M31S
Language
- nld
- nl
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
- Europeana Subtitled
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-02-08T14:10:40.573Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-08-31T10:57:08.482Z