Teddy bear demonstrates breathing in babies, exhibition

Jan. 19, 1959 - 19-1-59 Physical Society Exhibition of Scientific Instruments. Teddy Bear as a Baby. The Physical Society Exhibition of Scientific Instruments and Apparatus is now in progress at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London. Keystone Photo Shows: Mrs. Joan Rose of Cambridge examining a device for the investigation of faulty breathing in small babies, developed by the University Department of Anaesthetics. A tube filled with graphite is strapped across the chest which lengthens or shortens as the baby breathes in and out. This changes the resistance which is recorded on an oscillograph. A Teddy Bear is the baby for demonstration

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Anaesthetics Breathes Breathing Changes Developed Faulty Filled Graphite Horticultural Investigation Oscillograph Recorded Shortens Strapped

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