overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 19/32 in x 3 29/32 in; 11.43 cm x 16.764 cm x 9.906 cm
Object Name:
anesthesia inhaler
Other Terms:
Surgery
Date made:
ca 1890
Description:
Henry Daniel Justi was born in Germany in 1834 and apprenticed with a surgical instrument maker before moving to the United States in 1850. He obtained his first U.S. patent and opening his own shop in Philadelphia in 1860. The firm became H. D. Justi & Son in 1892. This is an example of the Justi Simplex No. 1 inhaler for nitrous oxide.
Ref: George W. Nűtz, “Inhaler,” U.S. Patent 433,418 (July 29, 1890), assigned to Henry D. Justi.
H. D. Justi & Son ad for “The Simplex Inhaler” in The Dental Review 11 (1897).
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
