![Maxim's glass inhaler, "Pipe of Peace," used with the drug "Dirigo"](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/425/203/large_smg00201003.jpg)
![Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace' and inhaler, with accessories, in original carton](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/2/173/medium_a629585.jpg)
Maxim's "Pipe of Peace" and inhaler, with accessories, in original carton, by J. Morgan Richards and Sons Ltd., London
As the inventor of the automatic machine gun, Hiram Maxim (1840–1916) has a somewhat notorious place in history. Less well-known is another invention of his, an inhaler which he called the ‘Pipe of Peace’.
Soothing vapours from water warmed with a few drops of 'Dirigo', Maxim’s own calming concoction, could be delivered right to the back of the throat via a long swan-necked glass tube. As word of its effectiveness spread, demand for the ‘Pipe of Peace’ grew and eventually hundreds of thousands were sold in the early 1900s.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A629585
- Materials:
- carton, cardboard
- type:
- inhaler
Parts
![Maxim's glass inhaler, "Pipe of Peace," used with the drug "Dirigo"](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/425/203/large_smg00201003.jpg)
Maxim's glass inhaler
Maxim's glass inhaler
Instructions sheet for Maxim's inhaler
Sheet, unfolded
Glass teat pipette for inhaler
Glass teat pipette
Rubber nosepiece for use with inhaler
Rubber nosepiece
![Cotton wool and gauze for Maxim's menthol inhaler](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/468/516/large_smg00253093.jpg)
Cotton wool and gauze for Maxim's menthol inhaler
Cotton wool and gauze for Maxim's menthol inhaler
- Materials:
- cotton wool and gauze
- Object Number:
- A629585 Pt9
- type:
- refills
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum