Turpo Electric Vaporizer, c. 1930

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Turpo Electric Vaporizer, c. 1930

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Vaporizers increase the humidity in a room or building by adding water vapor to the air. These steam vaporizers boil water and release the hot steam into the air.

The Turpo Vaporizer allowed the addition of a “Turpentine, Menthol, and Camphor” ointment to the water to provide relief of “head and chest colds, asthma, congestion, and similar complaints.”

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Donated by Darcy O’Brien-Genrich, MPA, RRT, Manager of Respiratory Care Services at Nebraska Medicine, from the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Robert S. Wigton Department of Special Collections and Archives

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