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Type of Object

Bedpan

Place of Manufacture

West Lafayette (Ohio)

Date of Manufacture

1900-1950

Physical Details

Dark blue enamelware steel bedpan. Steel pan with an oval-shaped opening in the top and a wide rim. Relatively deep all around. Pouring spout at proximal end of apparatus. Paint is overall dark blue, with small white decorative flecks. Base of pan is stamped "Jones Relax Bed Pan." Manufactured by Jones Metal Products.

Dimensions

8 cm. x 29 cm. x 35 cm.

Topical Subject

Bedpans -- History

Medical Subject

Toilet Facilities

Accession Number

2009.5.11

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.

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mar00184.jpg

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