John Wyeth & Bro inhaler

chaiosComo · Feb 24, 2018

I dug this at an 1800's farmhouse near the edge of the driveway. it was only about 4" in the gravel. It says John Wyeth & Bro Philada Pat Oct 5 1886. It is a aluminum inhaler, a piece of cotton with some "medicine" would be placed inside to be inhaled. I wasn't able to find anything with the date "1886" online, the link below was all I could come up with. When I pulled it out of the dirt I thought it was a CO2 cartridge for a pellet gun, after cleaning it up I new I had found something pretty cool! Thanks for looking. HH

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/john-wyeth-bros-aluminum-inhaler

DougF · Feb 24, 2018

That's a great find, never saw one like it on here. Congrats.

WyoTom · Feb 24, 2018

Cool find!

GroundSweeper · Feb 24, 2018

Whoa that’s cool!

jkwidener · Feb 25, 2018

This is an early nasal inhaler. Like the disposable one Vicks makes today. It would have held cotton inside and you would pour a medicine inside and inhale through your nose to open it up when congested.

Perquimans · Feb 25, 2018

First time I've seen one - nice! :cool:

HappyOgre · Feb 28, 2018

Very cool!!

Vermonster · Mar 1, 2018

That's really cool! Great find!

pplinker · Mar 1, 2018

Nice find!

Ron 71 · Mar 1, 2018

That would have belonged to the kid everyone called "Weezer" :grin:

That is a really neat find, my daughter has been using an inhaler most of her life,
I can only imagine how it was for those kid's with asthma back then,
I will show her this one, Very cool relic, Congrats!

John Wyeth & Bro inhaler

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