Inhaler
notes: label: Description
content: Silver-plated metal inhaler for delivering such anesthetics as chloroform or ether. The form was on the market by 1860. The “H. GILES LUTHER N.Y.” inscription refers to a dentist who practiced in New York City. This was owned by Enoch T. Winter (d. 1871), a Yale graduate (class of 1845), and a physician in Harlem, N.Y.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ad for the H. Giles Luther inhaler in the American Medical Times Advertiser (Aug. 25, 1860):
label: Description
content: Ad with testimonials in the Medical and Surgical Reporter (March 9, 1861): 636.
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 Frances M. Cosine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02226
label: catalog number
content: M-02226
label: accession number
content: 95819
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inhaler
label: Object Name
content: vaporizer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sponge (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 8.89 cm