SALES-GIRONS (Jean). Thérapeutique Respiratoire. Instruction sur l'instrument pulverisateur des liquides médicamenteux, ses applications au traitement des maladies de poitrine et la manière de s'en servir, par M. le Dr Sales-Girons...1861

Paris: J. Charriere, Second edition, 32pp., 3 illustrs., in the text of the apparatus described, light water stain to lower outer margin, recent quarter calf. Sales-Girons (1808-79) instructions for the newly invented nebulizer. "Atomizers (also known as nebulizers) were developed in the mid-1800s in France and were thought to be an outgrowth of the perfume industry as well as a response to the fashion of inhaling thermal waters at spas. Dr Auphon Euget-Les Bain invented the atomizer in 1849, and in 1858 Jean Sales-Girons introduced a portable nebulizer. Dr Sales-Girons won the silver prize of the Paris Academy of Science in 1858 for his invention, which used a pump handle to draw liquid from the reservoir and force it through a nozzle against a plate. At that time, spa therapy was very popular in France, and the Sales-Girons "pulverisateur" was invented to allow those patients who could not attend the thermal baths to benefit from treatment."—Anderson. Anderson, History of Aerosol Therapy. 2005.