Although quite different than Hutchinson’s original design, this spirometer was attributed to him in ‘Handbuch der pneumatischen therapie’, by Dr. Theodore Knauth, published 1876, page 293. The fact that it was a counter-weighted spirometer was noted in particular.
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Spirometer, Wintrich, 1854
Spirometer devoloped by Anton Wintrich in 1854. From Genusus, Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine and Sciences, volume 38, 1981, an article titled “Die anfange der spirometrie im 19.Jahrhundert” by Mienem Lehrer, page 254.
Vierordt Expirator, 1845
Karl Vierordt collected gases in his expirator and then measured the volume by water displacement. From Genusus, Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine and Sciences, volume 38, 1981, an article titled “Die anfange der spirometrie im 19.Jahrhundert” by Mienem Lehrer, page 248.
Spirometry, circa 1955
Undated photo found on Flickr. Uploaded by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. At a guess it comes from the mid-1950’s. Spirometer, location and the people in the photo were unidentified.
Portable Metabolic Apparatus, Zuntz, 1928
Found on the VL Technology website. Design attributed to Zuntz. From Zimmermann, E. 1928. Psychologische und Physiologische Apparate: Liste 50. (p. 0249, fig. 3038)
Gasometer and Gas Meter, 1944
Found in ‘Results of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics : Sixty-fourth Volume Part One’, edited by M. v. Pfaundler and A. Schittenhelm, 1943, page 58, published 1944, in a chapter translated as “The Respiratory Physiological Effects of Different Body Positions”.
Resparameter, circa 1970
Developed by a team headed by Dr. John Cotes in the mid-1960’s. Performed spirometry, helium dilution FRC and single-breath DLCO. Design was acquired by P.K. Morgan and was manufactured and sold in Britain in the early 1970’s. From Inspire, 2018, Volume 19, No. 1, April as part of a memorial to Dr. Cotes. Photo contributed by Kevin Hogben.
Resparameter, 1965
Developed by a team headed by Dr. John Cotes in the mid-1960’s. Performed spirometry, helium dilution FRC and single-breath DLCO. Design was acquired by P.K. Morgan and was manufactured and sold in Britain in the early 1970’s. From The Lancet, September 18, 1965, pp. 573-575. Reprinted in Inspire, 2018, Volume 19, No. 1, April as part of a memorial to Dr. Cotes.
Spirometer, Godart Expirograph, 1977
From “The history of lung function testing in the UK”, by Kevin Hogben, Inspire, 2011, Volume 11, No. 3, page 21.
Plethysmograph, Jaeger BodyTest, 1977
A constant volume – variable pressure plethysmograph. From “The history of lung function testing in the UK”, by Kevin Hogben, Inspire, 2011, Volume 11, No. 3, page 20.