Object ID Number:
EH10559
Object Name:
Chloroform Inhaler
Date of Manufacture:
– 19th to 20th Century
Manufactured from:
1893
Manufactured to:
1930
Description / History:
Esmarch's Chloroform Inhaler Improved Wide Frame. Sold with drop bottle and another missing wire piece. Sold for $0.75 in the 1915 Lentz catalogue. The frame would cover the patient's nose and mouth, while the cloth on top would have chloroform slowly dropped onto it until the surgery was over.
Dimensions:
H–3.5 W–2 L–7 inches
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