Vaporizer
- Title
- Vaporizer
- Description
- The inhaler was sold by the Vapo Cresolene Company from 1879 through the 1920's and was used as a treatment for whooping cough, asthma, croop, and for colds. The inhaler could be lit and placed on a bed side table to heat gently through the night, causing vapors to relieve cough and cold symptoms. The vapo cresolene inhaler was eventually replaced by the electric vaporizer.
- Date
- 1885
- Original Format
- equipment
- Extent
- Local Identifier
- Country Doctor Museum
- Subject(s)
- Location of Original
- Country Doctor Museum
- Rights
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Health and Medicine
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NC Health History in Images
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North Carolina History and Fiction Collection
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