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Type of Object

Bedpan

Place of Manufacture

New York (N.Y.)

Date of Manufacture

1900-1950

Physical Details

Plain steel bedpan with white enamel paint. Toilet-shaped opening, lip at proximal end for pouring. Black paint rims the lip of the top of the bedpan. Bottom of bedpan has paper label: "Warranted Enameled Steel Ware No. 100 Phenix Bed and Douche Pan Whitall Tatum Company New York - Philadelphia."

Dimensions

10 cm. x 28 cm. x 34 cm.

Topical Subject

Bedpans -- History

Medical Subject

Toilet Facilities

Accession Number

2009.5.9

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: White Steel Enamelware Bedpan, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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mar00183.jpg

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