Found on Catawiki, a French antique auction website. Labeled as “Old spirometer, very rare as the scale indicates up to 4 litres while the most popular measure 7 litres. Origin: Paris, France. Period: 1940 The object is complete and working. No cracks or damage. Window size: diameter cm 18, Object size: ca. cm 12 x 20 cm h 27.”
Found on a French Ebay listing. Described (via Google translate) as “Spirometer in very good condition, sold with box but without rubber hose disposable tips. This device calculates the expired volume, needle works fine. Object functional or decorative.” Measured only expiratory volume. The thin tube in the front is a disposable mouthpiece.
Found on the website Leboncoin.fr. Undated but probably from around 1960.
Found on an Ebay listing. Size was noted as 20 cm wide, 27 cm tall, 2.6 kg. The dial indicates it was made in Paris, France.
Designed to measure only vital capacity. Probably manufactured around 1960. Exhalation into the spirometer filled a rubber bladder which moved lever that turned the front dial. The accuracy of this instrument was probably very limited. From: http://db.aconit.org
Designed to measure only vital capacity. Probably manufactured around 1960. Exhalation into the spirometer filled a rubber bladder which moved lever that turned the front dial. The accuracy of this instrument was probably very limited. From: http://db.aconit.org
