Vapo-Cresolene Vaporizer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910 - 1930s
name: label: maker
content: Vapo-Cresolene Company
notes: label: Description
content: Vaporizer made by the Vapo-Cresolene Co., in New York City. Advertisements claimed that this device cured whooping cough, croup, catarrh, colds, and other such diseases.
label: Description
content: Ref: James H. Valentine, “Vaporizer,” U.S. Patent 651,150 (June 5, 1900), assigned to the Vapo Cresolene Company.
label: Description
content: James H. Valentine, “Vaporizer,” U.S. Patent 729,019 (May 26, 1903), assigned to Varoma Medical Company of New Jersey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Whooping Cough
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: 1980.0428.05
label: accession number
content: 1980.0428
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0428.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vaporizer
label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, opaque (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel; brass; paper; cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 9.5 cm x 8 cm; 6 11/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall as stored: 6 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall bottle: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm