Found on Pinterest. Labeled elsewhere as “Vintage photo of Dr. Sixten Haroldson measures lung volume of a draftee”. Dated as 4/5/1949. Likely taken in Sweden. Spirometer is an Aesculap model that only measured vital capacity.
Category Archives: Spirometer
Verdin Spirometer, 1920
Found on Pinterest. Labeled as “Le spiromètre métallique de Verdin, 1920.” Posted by Françoise Soros.
Douglas Bag and Verdin Spirometer, 1920
Found on Pinterest. Labeled as “Analysis of exhaled air during an exercise with Waller’s device, 1920.” Although the spirometer is not labeled, it looks like the Verdin spirometer which was based on a gas meter. Posted by Françoise Soros.
Verdin Spirometer, 1913
Found on the Biusante web site. Image reference med111620x04x0175. Attributed to the Physical Education and Sports Exhibition: Paris, March 17-26, 1913, Faculty of Medicine and Street of the School of Medicine.
Spirometer, Med-Science, Model 370, 1968
From Diseases of the Chest, 1968, Volume 53, Number 1, page xxxii.
Krogh Spirometer, Collins 5 Liter, 1967
From a publicity photo dated 1967.
Small Animal Spirometer, Collins, 1 Liter, circa 1967
From an undated publicity photo.
Spirometry, Collins 13.5 Liter Respirometer, 1968
From a publicity photo dated March 6, 1968.
Spirometer, Collins, modified by Gaensler for Timed Vital Capacity, 1951
From ‘Analysis of the ventilatory defect by timed vital capacity measurements.’ By Edward Gaensler, American Review of Tuberculosis, 1951; 64(3): page 260.
“Fig. 1. Vital capacity spirometer with timed capacity attachment and electronic timer. The insert shows the timing device with the cover removed. On the left is the micro-switch which initiates the timed interval when the spirometer bell begins to rise. On the right is the midget solenoid which moves the added second pointer only while it is activated by the timer. “
Spirometer, Modular Stead-Wells, Collins, 1968
From a publicity photo dated 4/28/1968.