March 27th 2004
A curious American indian double-bowled pipe has been added. A Smith’s menthol inhaler has been added to the ‘Do you know?’ page - please let me know if you have information about the origins of this inhaler.
March 24th 2004
An engraving of the Mudge inhaler from his 1778 book has been added.
March 20th 2004
The Paroleine inhaler added recently has been supplemented with a photograph of the bottle of Paroleine inhalant. The Jupiter inhaler is an interesting, portable, battery-operated, nasal inhaler that vaporises oils for the treatment of asthma and grippe. A new photograph of Asthma Nefrin has been added. A replica Shutze inhaler has also been added.
To be added in the near future; a trade card for Crow’s bronchial wafers, extracts from an 1839 article on emotions and asthma (by N. Allen), and extracts from Broadbent’s 1862 book on Consumption which also covers ‘the treatment by inhalation of medicated vapors’ and gives details of the medications of the period.
March 14th 2004
An exciting new acquisition for the collection is a copy of John Mudge’s 1778 book which describes his inhaler - in the next couple of weeks images and PDFs will appear on the Mudge inhaler page.
Some other publications covering important issues in inhalation history will also be appearing over the next few weeks.
March 7th 2004
A Mayan pipe, probably over 500 years old, has been added to the historical curios section. Burroughs Wellcome’s Paroleine Atomiser has been added. A tiny tin of Mentholatum, indicated for influenza, has also been added. An image of Himalya Kola asthma cure bottles kindly contributed by David Ide has been added.