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Vintage German Asthma Inhaler

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Vintage German Asthma Inhaler

 

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.