Laryngeal spray(?), steel, nickel plated, by Pfau

Made:
1880-1920 in Berlin
Laryngeal spray(?), steel, nickel plated, by Pfau of Berlin

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Laryngeal spray(?), steel, nickel plated, by Pfau of Berlin
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Laryngeal spray(?), steel, nickel plated, by Pfau of Berlin, in cardboard box, 1880-1920, relic of Dr. Claud Woakes

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651406
Materials:
steel (nickel plated), glass and box, cardboard
Measurements:
height 158 mm
width 13 mm
depth 130 mm
box: length 234 mm
box: width 90 mm
box: height 18 mm
type:
laryngeal sprays

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