Philip Hodgson on Twitter: "@EntelechyInc @BBCArchive The tar is for Whooping cough. It actually works. My mother used to make me stand next to roadworks to breathe in the tar fumes." /
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The Somerset Historical Center - Whatsit Wednesday answer: The Vaso-Cresolene Vaporizer lamp used kerosene to heat and vaporize Cresolene, a coal tar by-product. This treatment was promoted by the manufacturer as able