Photograph of an anaestheologist, Dr. A. Pasquet. The anaesthetic machine is shown in the photograph. The patient is paralysed and this machine acts as lungs, it is doing the breathing for you.
Photograph of an anaestheologist, Dr. A. Pasquet. The anaesthetic machine is shown in the photograph. The patient is paralysed and this machine acts as lungs, it is doing the breathing for you.
Notes
The anaesthetic machine. During major surgery the patient is paralysed and this machine acts as lung doing your breathing for you under the watchful eyes of Dr. A. Pasquet, anaestheologist. In the lower left hand corner can be faintly seen the table controls which allows the surgeon to place the patient in any desired position.