Cushman's Menthol Inhaler
date: label: date made
content: 1886 - 1895
label: patent date
content: 1886-01-05
label: patent date
content: 1886-11-02
notes: label: Description
content: Glass inhaler tube with paper label housed in a two-piece small metal canister. The paper label reads “Cushman’s Menthol Inhaler / Three Rivers, Mich.” and “PATENTED / JAN. 5, ’86 / NOV. 2, ’86.”
label: Description
content: Henry Depuy Cushman (1846-1900) was a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Pharmacy. He owned a drugstore at Three Rivers, Mich., and promoted menthol as a cure for various ailments.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry Depuy Cushman, Headache, Neuralgia, Hay Fever, Asthma, Sick Headache, Cold,. . . (1886).
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry D. Cushman, “Inhaler,” U.S. Patent 333,608 (Jan. 5, 1886).
label: Description
content: Henry D. Cushman, “Inhaler,’ U.S. Patent 333,609 (Jan. 5, 1886).
label: Description
content: Henry D. Cushman, “Inhaler,” U.S. Patent 351,744 (Nov. 2, 1886).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Three Rivers
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.187
label: catalog number
content: 302606.187
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inhaler, menthol
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 10.795 cm x 1.905 cm