Improved Aseptic Glass Nasal Douche, 20th Century

Description

Glass nasal douche and accompanying cardboard packaging labelled ‘for the application of medicaments to the nasal passages’. Instructions for use on the rear of box.

Apparatus like this would have been used to irrigate the nasal passage, a practice that has its origins in Ayurvedic medicine. The practice was taken up in the west in the 19th century and is a common treatment for upper raspatory tract infections, particularly in children.