Chloroform Bottle
notes: label: Description
content: Glass bottle designed to hold the chloroform that would be dripped onto the chloroform inhaler that was introduced in 1877 by Friedrich von Esmarch (1823-1908), a noted German surgeon, and that would prove popular for several decades.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07845
label: catalog number
content: M-07845
label: accession number
content: 223292
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anesthesia
label: Object Name
content: chloroform, drop bottle
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottle material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (stopper material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 3.81 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.3025 cm