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From: james m. edmonson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 16 August 2001 13:01
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Subject: Fwd: PBS documentary needs help


Can any of my medical museum colleagues help with this request?

Jim Edmonson




Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:05:57 -0500
From: "Alexandra Silets" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: <[log in to unmask]>, "Harvey Moshman" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: PBS documentary needs help

Jim:
Mark Hayward gave me your name and told me to contact you.  I am currently
working on a documentary for Chicago's PBS station, WTTW - Channel 11, on a
1915 ship sinking in the Chicago River.

We are looking for a Pulmotor.  Apparently it was a machine used on the dock
to help save lives (844 people died in the accident) by geting water out of
peoples' lungs (or possibly used to pump oxygen into their lungs?).

Do you have one of these in your collection at the museum?  If not, do you
know where in the world we could find one for our recreation?

I appreciate your time and assistance.  If you have any questions, please
feel free to call me or my producer, Harvey Moshman, at 773-583-5000.

Thanks!

Alex Silets
Associate Producer
"Chicago Stories"
http://www.networkchicago.com/chicagostories/
<http://www.networkchicago.com/chicagostories/>




James M. Edmonson, PhD
Chief Curator, Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum
Associate Professor (Adj.), History Department
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