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Medical Vaporizer, by DeVilbiss, Toledo, 1950s ?

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Inventory Number: 32044
Object Type: Object
Place Created: Toledo Ohio USA North America
Subject Classification(s): Medicine  
Accession Number: 1979-15
Primary Inscriptions: .1: 'De Vilbiss Electric Vaporizer/ No.47/ 115 Volts 40 watts/ The DeVilbiss Co./ Toledo, O./ Made in U.S.A Pat. Appl'd for.' on the main body of the device and 'Belden/ Chicago/ Pat. App. For.'; .2: 'Guaranteed/ British Made/ Best Quality' on the base of the plug; .3: 'DeVilbiss/ No. 47/ For the application warmed medication either in the form of a solution or vapor ointment. /Made in U.S.A./ The DeVilbiss Company, Toledo, Ohio/ Vaporizer.'
Provenance: Donated by Mr Glyn Williams (Dentistry Apparatus) Part of a collection of apparatus from the dental surgery of R. Symmons at 105 Banbury Road, Oxford
Collection Group:
Material(s): metal
plastic
thread
bakelite
Paper
Card
Ink
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
154 57 mm

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