1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: Cook and Williams
685. COOK and WILLIAMS, 10 Princes St., Hanover Square.
Respiratory organ and chest protectors. Registered.
No. 1. For ladies.— Can be raised or lowered at pleasure. In the former case, adjusting itself by an elastic bold over the mouth and nose as required; and in the latter case, assuming the form of a neck-ruff. It is fastened by ribbons drawn from behind and tied in a bow in front.
No. 1. For gentlemen.— Is of a stock configuration and adjustment, and is put on over the ordinary cravat, unless made to answer the double purpose of in and out-of-door wear.
No. 2. For gentlemen. Is of simpler and lighter construction, but effecting a similar purpose. A curtain, shaped to the configuration of the parts covered, is sustained over and to the mouth and nose as required, by an elastic cord, which passes over the head, resting upon the ears.
No. 3. For clergymen.
These instruments are useful in severe weather, or under sudden transitions of temperature, as affording comfort and protection against colds, and affections of the throat and lungs; enabling those suffering from these affections, or from tooth-ach, to take out-of-door exercise without injury from atmospheric influences, and with certain benefits of convenience and health.