title: Startin's pneumatic inhaler.
abstract: This apparatus was seen by one of us (DAW) in a private collection. Although it was one of the first ether inhalers to be manufactured commercially, and was described in the medical literature of the time, it is not mentioned in any of the histories of anaesthesia. Its genesis was unusual, and it presents a number of interesting features, not least being the purpose for which it was originally designed.
authors.affiliation: Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust, Willow House, School Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 1NL, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Walmsley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zuck
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000266:history; D004739:England; D004986:Ether / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D004986:Ether