average spatial: 27 cm x 24 cm x 47 cm; 10 5/8 in x 9 7/16 in x 18 1/2 in
Object Name:
Air Compressor
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Used:
United States: Maryland, Baltimore
Description:
This item is part of a collection of equipment and instruments from the laboratory and clinic of allergist Dr. Leslie N. Gay (1891 - 1978). Gay received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1917. In 1923 he founded an allergy clinic at the university and served as director for 36 years. He and clinic colleague Paul E. Carliner developed Dramamine (dimenhydrinate), a preventative and cure for seasickness.
This material was donated to the Smithsonian in 1979 by Gay’s son, Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
[SEE: Gay L. N., Carliner P. E. (1949). The prevention and treatment of motion sickness. 1. Seasickness. <i>Science</i> 109, 359.]