The Basic Anaesthesia Machine PubMed Central (PMC)
The early Boyle''s machine had five elements, which are still present in modern machines: (1) A high pressure supply of gases, (2) pressure gauges on O 2 cylinders, with pressure reducing valves, (3) flow meters (4) metal and glass vapouriser bottle for ether and (5) a breathing system.[]. The anaesthesia machine is a continuous flow machine in which all the components are mounted on a table.