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Type of Object
Clothing, medical
Date of Manufacture
1893-1915
Physical Details
The hood is designed to cover the mouth, hair, eyes during a surgical procedure.The garment is lightweight cotton or linen, with a straight line over the forehead and a curved cut to accommodate the length of the nose under the hood. The bottom of the dressing is long, designed to be tucked into an accompanying gown. This was a relatively uncommon form of surgical dressing, combining an aseptic face mask and hat into a single piece.
Dimensions (L x W x H)
44 cm. x 26 cm. x 25 cm.
Topical Subject
Uniforms
Accession Number
1983.111.2
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
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: Surgical Hood, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00132.jpg
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2010.