A collection of twenty nine portable, “hold in hand” ether inhalers is housed in the Geoffrey Kaye Museum. These inhalers are briefly described together with some historical notes.
References
1.
CloverJ. T. (1877): “Portable Regulating Ether-Inhaler”, Brit. Med. J., i, 69.
2.
DuncumB. M. (1947): Development of Inhalation Anaesthesia”, p. 346. Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto.
3.
EmbleyE. H. (1902): “The Causation of Death During the Administration of Chloroform”, Brit. Med. J., 817.
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GalleyA. H., and KingA. C. (1948): “Modifications of the Clover's Ether Inhaler”, Anaesthesia, 3, 147.
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HewittSir F. W. (1901): Anaesthetics and Their Administration, 2nd Edition, 277–8. Macmillan & Co. Ltd.London.
