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Figures & data
Figure 1. Ancient Egyptian technique for inhaling volatile vapors released by therapeutic herbs put on a hot stone as described in the Papyrus Ebers (1500 BCE). The stone is heated in a fire and the vapors are collected in a jar placed over the herbs having a hole in the bottom through which a reed sticks for inhaling the vapors.
Figure 2. Wooden tray with condor head for the inhalation of hallucinogenic and therapeutic powdered herbs using a hollow bone as reed, San Pedro, Colombia, 700–950 CE.
Figure 3. Inhaler Ira Warren (A: 1852 CE) and inhaler A.E. Newton (B: 1864 CE), see text for the explanations.
Figure 4. Carbolic smoke ball of Frederick Roe (1889 CE).
Figure 5. Aerohalor (Abbott laboratories, 1948) with sifter cartridges for isoprenaline sulfate (brand name Norisodrine) and penicillin, invented by Mack Fields.
