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LicenseBirds medical inhaling pipe, supplied by Savory and Moore
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Birds medical inhaling pipe, supplied by Savory and Moore
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Birds medical inhaling pipe, supplied by Savory and Moore
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Birds medical inhaling pipe, supplied by Savory and Moore
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bird's medical inhaling pipe, supplied by Savory and Moore, in case with accessories, patented 1869
Chest infections and diseases were treated by inhalation using pipes such as this. There were lots of designs, and the Bird’s medical inhalation pipe was patented on March 18th 1869 by London surgeon James Bird. It could be purchased from chemists and well-known surgical instrument makers Maw, Son and Thompson, and Weiss and Company. The pipe treated afflictions including asthma, bronchitis, neuralgia, toothache and throat disorders. The instructions state it was a ‘portable and efficient inhalation instrument for safer and more convenient inhalation of vapor or smoke of remedial agents’. The pipe was supplied with a small drug vial and ten felt sponges.
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A500115
- Materials:
- pipe, plastic, pipe, brass and case, cardboard
- Measurements:
-
overall: 40 mm x 60 mm x 70 mm, .09kg
- type:
- inhaler
- credit:
- Elliot, R.A.
