| Reference Number | MIMM/2024-10-2 |
| Title | Pasteur-Chamberland Water Filter |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Jonas Defries and Sons, Water filter and oil lamps manufacturer, 1856- |
| Description | Ceramic water filter known as the Pasteur-Chamberland Filter, as engraved, patented by Charles Chamberland in 1884. It consists of a hollow ceramic jug, which would have contained the ceramic filter (missing), a lid (broken), metal tap, and side handles. Used to filter water and contain the spread of typhoid fever. |
| Extent | 2 parts (incomplete) |
| Dimensions | 606 mm x 260 mm x 225 mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Filter |
| Term | Typhoid Fever |
| Water Purification -- instrumentation |