Anesthesia Inhaler
notes: label: Description
content: Oscar Huntington Allis (1836-1921), a Pennsylvania surgeon, described this type of ether inhaler and his method for using it in 1874. This example is covered with leather.
label: Description
content: Ref: Oscar H. Allis, “Some Remarks Upon the Relative Strength of Chloroform and Ether, with Hints upon Their Use as Anaesthetics,” Philadelphia Medical Times (Dec. 5, 1874): 145-149.
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 University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09245
label: catalog number
content: M-09245
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anesthesia, inhalers
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather; metal; cotton; brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 14.605 cm x 7.9375 cm