Our object for #TriviaTuesday this week is from the 1960s. It is 45cm in length and 28.5 cm in width. Any ideas what it is? - ThreadSky

surgeonshall.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Our object for #TriviaTuesday this week is from the 1960s.

It is 45cm in length and 28.5 cm in width. Any ideas what it is?

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sideshow-jim.bsky.social•8 days ago

Oxygenates blood for lung bypass?

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hi Jim! You're correct 😊

sideshow-jim.bsky.social•8 days ago

Woohoo!!! This book finally paid off!

paulrobson666.bsky.social•8 days ago

That's a surgeons multi-disc 7" vinyl player; so they could listening to the "hippest choones" while operating.

hypocriticaldog.bsky.social•8 days ago

Different definition of a hip operation to the one I was expecting

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

😂

julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social•8 days ago

Morning! I think it’s a filter from a heart-lung machine.

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hi Juliet! You're correct 😊

julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social•8 days ago

Woo! Excellent, thank you! It’s nearly 40 years since I worked in cardiac theatres.

gailberenger.bsky.social•8 days ago

Early bug zapper?

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Can't have bugs flying around the operating theatre!

gailberenger.bsky.social•8 days ago

Oops, did not catch the poster’s tag.

kophoogte.bsky.social•8 days ago

Is it some sort of centrifuge? I don't know...for separating blood or plasma...or something?
( can you tell you're dealing with an expert here? 😁👋)

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hello! This is a Kay-Cross Disc Oxygenator used as part of a heart-lung machine, oxygenising the blood during open-heart surgery while the heart was being operated on.

kophoogte.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ahha! Thank you!
I love these little quizzes of yours.
Have a lovely evening.👋😊

sandradeet.bsky.social•8 days ago

Easy. A heater for the surgeon's hands before the surgery.

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Definitely needed on days like today!

kerrygoth.bsky.social•8 days ago

No idea, just praying it’s nothing gynaecological.

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Hi Kerry! This is a Kay-Cross Disc Oxygenator used as part of a heart-lung machine, oxygenising the blood during open-heart surgery while the heart was being operated on.

kerrygoth.bsky.social•8 days ago

I would never have guessed it’s use!

hughwilliamson.bsky.social•8 days ago

I know this one - it's an iron lung for a medium-sized rodent. They were extensively deployed in the devastating weasel polio outbreak of the 1950s, helping to safeguard that element of Britain's native fauna.

surgeonshall.bsky.social•8 days ago

Please don't remind us of the weasel polio outbreak of the 1950s 😭

kay2m.bsky.social•8 days ago

I love these quizzes that usually fail.

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