Vaporole ammonium chloride inhaler

Vaporole ammonium chloride inhaler

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Vaporole ammonium chloride inhaler, in case, with phials of solution of ammonia and hydrochloric acid, by Burroughs Wellcome and Company, British, c.1910

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Object Number:
1984-334
Materials:
case, cardboard
Measurements:
overall (box): 53 mm x 155 mm x 58 mm, .16 kg
type:
inhalers
credit:
Wellcome Foundation (Publicity Dept.)

Parts

Tin containing phials of hydrochloric acid (number unknown as tin jammed shut)

Tin containing phials of hydrochloric acid (number unknown as tin jammed shut)

Tin containing phials of hydrochloric acid (number unknown as tin jammed shut)

Materials:
tin, tin
Object Number:
1984-334 Pt2
type:
tins
Rubber stopper with centre hole

Rubber stopper with centre hole

Rubber stopper with centre hole

Materials:
rubber
Object Number:
1984-334 Pt3
type:
stoppers
Glass inhaler

Glass inhaler

Glass inhaler

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1984-334 Pt4
type:
inhalers
Sponge, attached to glass rod for insertion into inhaler

Sponge, attached to glass rod for insertion into inhaler

Sponge, attached to glass rod for insertion into inhaler

Materials:
sponge and glass
Object Number:
1984-334 Pt5
type:
sponges