A Drägerman or Drägerwoman, also spelled DraegermanMerriam-Webster entry
/ref> or Draegerwoman, is a common name for a rescue worker in mines. The name originates from

Alexander Bernhard Dräger Alexander Bernhard Dräger (14 June 1870, Howe - 12 January 1928, Lübeck), was a German engineer, industrialist and inventor. Dräger was born in the village of Howe (now part of Kirchwerder, Bergedorf, Hamburg. In 1889, Bernhard's father and ...

, a German scientist who invented the combination of a gas mask and an oxygen inhalator as a breathing apparatus for underground rescue workers. In 1937,

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di ...

released the film '' Draegerman Courage'' about Drägerman rescuing people trapped in a mine.

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