From an article describing the Respiratory Therapy Department at St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, Washington in Reflex, Vol 08, No 04, June, 1974. The technician performing the test was unnamed.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Spirometer, Godart
Undated photograph with unnamed participants found at a Vietnamese Tuberculosis Association website. Probably from the 1970’s.
Bicycle Ergometer, 1905
Spirometer, Creative Biomedics, circa 1990’s
A pneumotach based spirometer probably manufactured in the 1990’s. Found on an Ebay listing.
Pneumotach, Fleisch, 1960
Valves, 1963
Breathing valves available in the USA in 1963. Attrributed to an article authored by Consolazio, Johnson and Pecora. From: page 40 of of a 2003 doctoral dissertion by Yaser Mahfouz Atwa Saad Elgohari.
Exercise Testing, 1954
Exercise testing , 1954. Pictured standing is Sepp Herberger, German football coach. Equipment manufacturer was not named but is likely Dargatz. From: page 40 of of a 2003 doctoral dissertion by Yaser Mahfouz Atwa Saad Elgohari.
Exercise Testing, 1970
Using the Douglas bag in the measurement of oxygen uptake. Ergometer was a mechanically braked Åstrand-Ergometer. Photo taken at the Stockholm Sports Medicine Laboratory of the Swedish College of Physical Education. Professor Per-Olaf Åstrand, MD on the right. From: page 20 of of a 2003 doctoral dissertion by Yaser Mahfouz Atwa Saad Elgohari.
Exercise Testing, 1913
Spirometer, Spengler, Circa 1960’s
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.