M0006964: Ellis's compound inhaler

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Robert Ellis's compound inhaler.

Photograph of a compound inhaler designed by Robert Ellis, for a mixture of alcohol, chloroform and ether, c.1870. The inhaler was accessioned by Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 28th April 1936 (R1955/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

8 May 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R1955/1936.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.