Inhaler
notes: label: Description
content: Unveiled in 1861, and placed on the market in 1865, Dr. Nelson’s inhaler offered simple and reliable relief for patients with respiratory conditions.
label: Description
content: Ref: Barry Burnane, Darragh Murnane, Mark Sanders and Noel Snell, “‘Great ease and simplicity of action’: Dr. Nelson’s Inhaler and the origin of modern inhalation therapy,” https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/dr-nelsons-inhaler/#main-body
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 William H. Helfand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0678.54
label: accession number
content: 1980.0678
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0678.54
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Inhaler
label: Object Name
content: inhaler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 12 cm; 8 1/16 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 12.065 cm x 10.795 cm