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Type of Object

Bedpan

Place of Manufacture

West Lafayette (Ohio)

Date of Manufacture

1935-1950

Physical Details

Steel Jones Relax brand bed pan. Label reads, "Jones Relax Bed Pan No. 500, The Jones Metal Products Co., West Lafayette, Ohio." White painted steel with black painted rims. Large size. Bottom stamped with brand marking. Wide lip.

Dimensions

10 cm. x 30.5 cm. x 34.5 cm.

Topical Subject

Bedpans -- History

Medical Subject

Toilet Facilities

Accession Number

2009.5.1

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: Jones Relax Bedpan, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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mar00181.jpg

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