inhalement

Some infusion of the spirit of the times into this body had become necessary, even for its own preservation, -- in the same manner as the inhalement of youthful breath has been recommended, by some physicians, to the infirm and superannuated.

Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 Thomas Moore 1815

They were actual handfuls that he extracted from his waistcoat pocket, as I could not help noticing, on account of his roomy shooting-jacket being wide open and thrown back; the old prodigal scooping up the fragrant dust in his palm, and then doubling his fist and shoving it up his nostrils with a violent snort of inhalement, after which he proceeded to blow his red nose with another loud report, like that of a blunderbuss going off.

Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene