The first call for help was received by Watchman T.D. Johnson of the Little Rock Fire Department at 6:12 p.m. He telephoned to undertakers and dispatched lungmotors to the scene...Photo credit.
13 January 2010
"He telephoned to undertakers and dispatched Lungmotors..."
The Lungmotor appears to be an early CPR device, apparently consisting of a handpump connected to an anaesthesia mask. I'm guessing that the conical attachment is a chamber into which chemicals can be combined to react and release oxygen. The bottom photo shows a demonstration of the device in 1900, but I also found a report of a military training accident in 1944 in which -
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