Inhalation devices - the antique, vintage, obsolete. Stuff guaranteed not to be currently sold in stores and more...

[Egzoset]

Salutations,

The idea of "medicating" through the lungs ain't exactly new and asthma certainly is one good hint from which to start investigating, for example:

[ https:// www.everydayhealth.com/lung-respiratory/asthma/look-history-asthma-inhalers/ ]​

How inhalers have evolved, one breath at a time​

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« According to an article published in the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, people have inhaled substances to treat asthma symptoms for at least 3500 years... »​

Actually we can easily imagine "hot boxing" performed by aboriginals in a hut, using little more than just hot rocks. But if it's got to be a patented "medical" product then this might be the 1st successful inhaler:

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Then here's some more detail about that invention's time-frame:

[ https:// www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(15)00422-1/fulltext ]​

Respiratory Medecine​

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N.B.: « Philip Stern, claims to have been the first to invent such a device 10 years earlier in 1768. »​

Yet it was the Mudge Inhaler which became popular, documented in 'A radical and expeditious cure for a recent catarrhous cough', John Mudge, 1778.

And this may explain why it remained a reference for 160+ years:

« ...a form of humidification-based therapy. The hollow handle of the tankard had air inlet holes drilled into it, so that an influx of fresh air could mix with the steam. »​

Some additional description can be found here:

[ https:// www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/mudge-inhaler/ ]​

Mudge Inhaler​

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« ...became popular for the treatment of any illness that caused a cough. »​

« Holes were drilled into the top of the hollow handle, mixing fresh air with the steam. »​

« Humidification remains a part of the today's respiratory therapies... »​

So it seems the mix of humidity and fresh air has been around for quite a long while. Which is no wonder to me who noticed the "PinHole" à la VapMan and self-moisturization in VaporGenie's pipe a dozen years ago, e.g. when i explored ways to combine those two time-tested features...


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In retroscpective...

160 years with the Mudge Inhaler ain't bad, the VaporGenie practically takes us back to Y2K while the VapMan survived the vape wave and is now being updated with an audible clicker:

[ https:// www.youtube.com/results?search_query=VapMan+Click ]​

No doubt the new VapMan works with cannabis, not to mention it's apparently retaining basic functionality if powered by the manufacturer's "Station", so i guess those who can appreciate proven concepts in an updated format will feel urged to watch the videos too - though one may need to inhale in a moist environment to obtain humidification, like after having a hot shower... In any case ain't this paving the way to more creative experiment(s) for posterity?!

Good day, have fun!!

 

[Egzoset]

Years pass while it seems history is bound to repeat itself. Lets enter 2025 by illustrating another successful design which survived the test of time, later refined as the venerable MLFB and then the e-Mesh more recently:

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Better yet, last December i mentioned some persistent interest for Induction Heat dating back to 2010, renewed by my failed experiment of January 3rd which in fact was inspired by some 3 years old YouTube post also related here:

From hashich smoker to dry flower vaporist. (2024-Dec-22)​

Guess what, it wasn't satisfying enough being stuck with a zero-heat scenario so i finally remembered about substituting the workload with stainless steel mesh. In this case a coarse ~198 mm / 7 13/16 " (dia.) sample refurbished from some greasy filtration net once dedicated to making french fries, found in the kitchen...



One nice feature of kitchen accessories is that those are often manufactured using SS430, a metal alloy characterized by strong ferro-magnetic properties; in addition its mesh wires are relatively stiff so i didn't hesitate long before putting it on an IH Cooktop, my older unit i think, and voilà: monster party-size mesh vaporizer!!

Well, this was no cannabis oil so nothing happened other than having to close the door after i opened a window, in fear of triggering our fire alarm system i must admit. But quite surely it validated my preliminary (vintage) intuition eventually schematized in such simple form:

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[ https:// i.postimg.cc/N0gsNMgt/1-Flat-Screen-Heater-2014-May-15-250x100.png ]​

An SS430 mesh inserted between a pair of grooved glass sheets would form a huge IH adapter converting conduction/radiative heat into one large convective energy source, and since it's all done in just a few seconds such glass sandwich structure can also be expected to improve safety on top of allowing use of a silicone brace. Unless it's hacked the new IH driver will most probably reject a CD/DVD (caddy) format of mesh but i can hardly imagine more convenient layouts in terms of maintenance anyway, plus the added benefit of supporting "dabs" directly - e.g. no need for a separate bowl anymore, simply drop-in a rosin droplet on the mesh and complete setup by covering with some aerial collector or water bubbler doubling as total skin-burns protection.

In short, too bad i ain't got any glass blower contacts!