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LicenseOval copper bed warmer with brass screw cap and two wooden
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Oval copper bed warmer with brass screw cap and two wooden
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Oval copper bed warmer with brass screw cap and two wooden handles, English, 1881-1910
After first opening the screw cap on the top and filling near to the brim with boiling water, this bed warmer would be placed in a bed to heat it up for the patient. This was a common way of warming cold hospital beds before wards were adequately heated. When the patient was ready for bed the warmer was removed. Copper is an ideal material for a bed warmer as it is a good conductor of heat.
Details
- Category:
- Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A200523
- Measurements:
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overall: 56 mm x 616 mm x 325 mm, 4.8kg
- type:
- bed warmer
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
