- Subject
- Surgery
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- S.Maw, Son & Thompson
- Provenance
- ? purchased
- Primary inscriptions
- "MAW'S / IMPROVED INHALER / FOR HOT WATER, INFUSIONS & c / The water should be boiling; and the Inhaler / not more than half filled, a pint is sufficient, / MANUFACTURED BY / S. MAW SON & THOMPSON LONDON"
- Object type
- Inhaler
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 155mm Height: 265mm Weight: 0.8kg
- Inventory No
- 38753
- Accession Number
- 1972-15
Description
White glazed pot with glass tube and rubber stopper. Printed instructions on the side. The vapour, from an infusion etc., is drawn by the mouth through the glass tube; air is simultaneously drawn down the side spout.
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