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, a German scientist who invented the combination of a gas mask and an oxygen inhalator as a

breathing apparatus A breathing apparatus or breathing set is equipment which allows a person to breathe in a hostile environment where breathing would otherwise be impossible, difficult, harmful, or hazardous, or assists a person to breathe. A respirator, medical v ...

for underground rescue workers. In 1937,

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

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