 Eventually Mrs Lindon blew on enough infected pig's bladders to fall ill and consequently die.Around 1862 Lindon sought a safer substitute to the pig's bladder and came up with the India rubber bladder as an alternative.India rubber was too tough to inflate by mouth and after seeing an ordinary medical Ear Syringe he produced a larger brass version to blow up his footballs, which he demonstrated, and won medals for, at an exhibition in London.