998.7.2: Yankauer's Mask, 20th Cent.

Additional Images

998.7.2: Yankauer's Mask.
Image No. 2473 ; Photographer: Helen Kingsley

Object Description

YANKAUER folding face mask with removable spiral wire collar for holding lint or gauze onto which agents such as ether or chloroform were applied.

Object Classification

Accession Number: 998.7.2
Collection: Anaesthesiology
Date: 20th Cent.

Object Dimensions

  • Length: 14.7 cm
  • Width: 8 cm
  • Depth: 5.5 cm

Object Parts

  • a) Mask
  • b) Collar

Object Materials

  • copper alloy,
  • nickel plate

Acquisition Detail

  • History of Use: Used in Metro-McNair Clinical Laboratories, Vancouver BC