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Inhaler   Listen
noun
Inhaler  n.  
1.
One who inhales.
2.
An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, such as ether or chloroform, or an aerosol mist of a solution, for medicinal purposes; as, he alway carried his inhaler around in his pocket in case he had asthmatic attack.
3.
A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.





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"Inhaler" Quotes from Famous Books



... should remain in a warm room, the diet chiefly milk and good broths, some cooling laxative and diaphoretic medicine may be given; but the greatest relief will be found in the frequent inhalation of the steam of hot water through an inhaler, or in the old-fashioned way through ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols
... subdue whooping-cough, three or four grains of the extract should be mixed with a pint of boiling water in a suitable inhaler, so that the medicated vapour may be inspired through ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


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