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The best drug geek gift I've ever purchased

While on vacation, trolling antique shops to find a fancy gift for my husband, I found a store that seemed to specialize in old scientific equipment. My first impulse was to go for the home electroshock therapy kit, but when that proved out of my price range, I spotted this Jules Verne looking motherfucker, the Ombredanne Inhaler. Introduced at the beginning of the 20th century to administer ether and chloroform for surgical anesthesia, it looks like it was used well into the 50s. And now it's on my kitchen table. I thought you all would appreciate some antique drug paraphernelia.
Posted By HellKatonWheelz at 2008-02-13 09:54:42 permalink | comments
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HellKatonWheelz. : 2008-02-14 13:07:01
There's better, cheaper, far less leaky technology for nitrous and carbogen.

Did you all miss the part where I said ether? Sheesh. And I suppose you're all afraid of chloroform because of Cloak and Dagger. It's ok, no elderly couple will kidnap you out of your own livingroom. Unless your dad is Dabney Coleman, but then you've got other problems.

But seriously, it's more designed for liquid inhalants - there's a sort of steel wool sponge inside that larger compartment that twists open, and the dial on the left controls how much of the vapor you are introducing in to the stream.

guest : 2008-02-13 21:44:08
bong? we can administer nitrous oxide/air mixes with this thing! or get c02 chargers and do some carbogen! greatest gift EVER!
guest : 2008-02-13 15:47:03
900 argentine pesos, so roughly $300 US. Once I had it I started doing some research about it, and I haven't been able to find one anywhere else outside of a museum.
Potter Dee. : 2008-02-13 13:27:54
WOW! I'm really in love with stylish paraphernalia and this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. How much did this run you if I may be so bold?
jamesk : 2008-02-13 11:21:26
My dad has some tools. We can totally make it into a bong...

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