Turpo Electric Vaporizer, c. 1930
Item
Title
Turpo Electric Vaporizer, c. 1930
Description
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.”
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.”
Rights
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