Metabolic testing used to be more common than it is today. The Metabolor was a spirometer that you filled with 100% oxygen and then a patient breathed through it. There was an absorber for CO2 inside (soda lime), so the rate the oxygen disappeared gave you the patient’s oxygen consumption. Basal metabolic tests are still performed, but with quite different equipment (basically modified exercise test systems). If it was in good to excellent condition with all its parts a collector might be interested.
I found one of these and was looking for more information.
Metabolic testing used to be more common than it is today. The Metabolor was a spirometer that you filled with 100% oxygen and then a patient breathed through it. There was an absorber for CO2 inside (soda lime), so the rate the oxygen disappeared gave you the patient’s oxygen consumption. Basal metabolic tests are still performed, but with quite different equipment (basically modified exercise test systems). If it was in good to excellent condition with all its parts a collector might be interested.
Would you be willing to send some photos?
Oh, ok good to know. Surprisingly enough it has an unopened roll of paper, the attachments and manual.