Sœmnoform
date: label: date made
content: 1901-1931
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box containing several glass vials of Somnophorme. 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
place: label: place made
content: France: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux
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-09248
label: catalog number
content: M-09248
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: anesthesia
label: Object Name
content: ethyl chloride
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: ethyl chloride, 83% (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: methyl chloride, 16% (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: ethyl bromide, 1% (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall as stored: 1 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 14.605 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.4 cm x 10.6 cm x 4.5 cm; 5 21/32 in x 4 3/16 in x 1 25/32 in