Author: The DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company
Title: Toilet Requisites [Trade Brochure]
Description: London, The DeVilbiss Mfg. Co. 1913. Brochure, n. d. (ca 1913); Half-fold then Double-parallel fold, 8 pannels, 9 1/2 x 7 unfolded; cream stock, illustrated with monochrome images on orange background; a few small cuts to edges of folds; in very good condition. Dr. Allen DeVilbiss (1840 - 1917) was an inventor and Toledo's first ear, nose, and throat specialist. While treating patients in the rural communities around the city, the doctor was dissatisfied with the lack of a device for easy application of medicines to people's throats and noses. In 1888, he developed an atomizer with a hollow rubber ball, a metal jar, and a small tube for the quick dispersal and coating of the throats with drugs. His invention was so successful that by 1890, he retired from his medical practice and founded the DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company. He would soon branch into manufacturing perfume atomizers (perfumizers), and the first practical, compressed-air, paint spray guns for the automotive industry, protective coating for military equipment, etc. By the early 20th century, DeVilbiss had branches in Toledo, New York, London (where the current sample catalog was printed), and several other big cities. The brochure listed and beautifully-illustrated 9 nebulizers, atomizers, and perfumizers with inventory numbers and short descriptions. Very good .

Keywords: California-Vbf, Perfume, Medicine


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