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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two metal buttons, one depicts a doctor administering on enema, the other shows the patient defecating with the doctor looking on, executed in repousse, German
The metal button on the left shows a physician administering an enema. An enema introduces liquids such as medications or purgatives into the body via the rectum – a once very common medical procedure. This enema was clearly aimed at flushing out the body as the button on the right shows the patient on a chamber pot watched by the physician. Not much is known about why the buttons were made or who might have worn them.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Object Number:
- A63621
- type:
- button
- taxonomy:
-
- component - object
- fastener
- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
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