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    Type of Object

    Bedpan

    Date of Manufacture

    1900-1950

    Physical Details

    Simple steel enamelware bedpan painted blue with white flecks. Outer lip on interior of bedpan is slightly lower than middle. Standard toilet-shaped opening. Pouring lip at proximal end of apparatus. No apparent manufacturing marks.

    Dimensions (L x W x H)

    6.5 cm. x 29 cm. x 36 cm.

    Topical Subject

    Bedpans -- History

    Medical Subject

    Toilet Facilities

    Accession Number

    2009.5.6

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

    File Name

    mar00186.jpg

    Accessibility Note

    Content is digitally accessible 2010.

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