Somnoforme [Soemnoforme]
notes: label: Description
content: Glass tube with a paper label that reads “Le ‘SOEMNOPHORME’ / ou SOMNOPHORME” and “(DEPOSE).” Somnophorme was invented by Dr. Rolland, Dean of the Dental College in Bordeaux; prepared by A. Rousseau, a chemist in Bordeaux; sold in the United States by E. De Trey & Sons of Philadelphia; and touted as “The Ideal General Anesthetic for DENTAL and Minor Surgical Operations.”
label: Description
content: Ref: E. De Trey & Sons, ad for Somnophorme in The Dental Brief 10 (1905); and in The Dental Highlight 26 (1905): ads p. 14.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07153
label: catalog number
content: M-07153
label: accession number
content: 218892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anesthesia
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 11.7475 cm