Infusionsbehälter
Infusionsbehälter

Anesthesia


Perfusion, open cylinder

offeneinfusion

 Perfusion devices from ESMARCH

 

 

Routinely i.v. Saline infusions at the end of the 19th century were used in the wake of the work of the Leipzig surgeon Albert Sigmund LANDERER (1854-1904), who proved in 1886 that 0.6-0.7% saline solution was well tolerated even in large quantities.



It is a sad fact that since the mid-20s industrially manufactured infusion solutions (such as Stereofundin, Tutofusin, Normosal) were NOT used in the clinics. Until the 1950s, the hospital pharmacies manufactured the infusion solutions themselves for cost reasons, and these were then infused with open irrigator containers. In the process, decades of open systems remained in use, in which it was possible to "refill" again and again. LANDERER became better known when he suggested treating tuberculosis with tartaric acid.



We present 2 ESMARCH  devices from the fundus of the Elisabeth-Klinik, where they were used until the 1950s to infuse saline solutions of own production.



Friedrich Wilhelm von ESMARCH (1823-1908) studied in Kiel and Göttingen and in 1857 became professor of surgery in Kiel. Several times he served as a surgeon in the army:
- Denmark War (1848)
- Austrian War (1866)
- France War (1870/71)
This explains his special commitment to emergency care.