The Green County Historical Museum has among its medical artifacts a Vapo Cresolene Vaporizer kerosene lamp donated by the late Mrs. Ralph Kundert.
The lamp was purchased at Blum's Rexall Drug Store in Monroe.
Although the patent for this lamp was 1879, it was used through the 1920s for the treatment of whooping cough, asthma, croup and other inflammatory throat diseases.
The lamp stands about 6 inches tall with a gold gilded stand, a clear glass bottle for the kerosene and a shallow saucer at the top of the stand for the cresolene.
The glass bottle has embossed "Cresolene Kerosene" and "Vapo Use" on its sides and "Made in U.S.A." on the bottom.
The antique was used to vaporize and diffuse medicine while the patient slept.
The cresolene (creosote) was placed in a shallow saucer at the top of the stand, and when the lamp was lit, the vapors steamed into the room to help those suffering from a cold.
This vaporizer oil lamp was eventually replaced by the electric vaporizer.
- Submitted by John Glynn of the Green County Historical Society
The lamp was purchased at Blum's Rexall Drug Store in Monroe.
Although the patent for this lamp was 1879, it was used through the 1920s for the treatment of whooping cough, asthma, croup and other inflammatory throat diseases.
The lamp stands about 6 inches tall with a gold gilded stand, a clear glass bottle for the kerosene and a shallow saucer at the top of the stand for the cresolene.
The glass bottle has embossed "Cresolene Kerosene" and "Vapo Use" on its sides and "Made in U.S.A." on the bottom.
The antique was used to vaporize and diffuse medicine while the patient slept.
The cresolene (creosote) was placed in a shallow saucer at the top of the stand, and when the lamp was lit, the vapors steamed into the room to help those suffering from a cold.
This vaporizer oil lamp was eventually replaced by the electric vaporizer.
- Submitted by John Glynn of the Green County Historical Society