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A vintage glass German asthma inhaler
in its fitted silk and velvet lined leather etui. The inhaler is
composed of a flat oval of hollow brown glass with three openings.
Two have rubber bungs (removed for when inhaling and for emptying
and the third is connected to a U-shaped tube which extends into the
inner chamber and presumably acts as an atomiser. The inside of the
lid is marked in gold lettering "Asthmosana Rudolph M Mayer. Fabr
von Asthmaspezialpraparaten der Kuranstalt Furstenbad. Bad
Reichenhall / Bayern. Dates to the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. |