Chloroform Inhaler
notes: label: Description
content: In this anesthesia inhaler, cloth is stretched over a wire frame, providing a large surface for the evaporation of an anesthetic such as chloroform dripped onto the cloth. Friedrich von Esmarch (1823-1908), a German surgeon, introduced the form in 1877.
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 Eleanor P. Custis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07844
label: catalog number
content: M-07844
label: accession number
content: 223292
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anesthesia
label: Object Name
content: inhaler, facemask
label: Other Terms
content: Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 5.715 cm x 17.4625 cm x 9.2075 cm