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To the left apprentice tinner Brandon
Peterson holds a reproduction of an eighteenth
century brass clyster (enema) syringe.
The handle is turned mahogany. It is based
on one pictured in C. Keith Wilbur's Revolutionary
Medicine, 1700-1800.
To the right, a clyster syringe and an irrigation syringe. Price: $175.00 per syringe
(available only through special order, expect a
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Chisolm Inhaler
- developed by
Dr. Julia John Chisolm working for the
Confederate States of America to administer chloroform to soldiers
prior to surgery. A piece
of cotton or wool batting sprinkled with
chloroform was put inside while the patient inhaled
through the tubes set in the nostrils.
This minimized exposure of the highly flammable choroform to the flames of
operating lamps. When not
in use the breathing end could be stored inverted
with the tubes protected inside the body of the
inhaler. This is constructed of brass with an
authentic japanned
finish on the exterior.
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Chloroform inhaler as used by surgeons of both armies during the Civil War. A prong inside the funnel held a piece of batting or cloth soaked in chloroform and the funnel was held over the mouth and nose of the patient. This style of inhaler presented more danger of operating room flash fires from the highly flammable chloroform than the Chisolm inhaler. This one is shown with a lighter "bronzed" japan finish.
Price: $65.00 |
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Tin case bottles - square sided for storage in a physician's medicine box -were widely used during the Civil War. Two originals are pictured at the right, one (nearest) with a cast pewter spout, the other with a rare tin spout and applied lip. Sullivan Press has 6 different Astoria labels available. Otter Creek Tinware has reproductions of the Philadelphia Depot style labels available for quinine and morphine to fit this size bottle:
(image is a low resolution sample.) Bottles sold with authentic japan finish. Price: $30.00 tin lip $38.00 pewter lip |
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