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Reservoir for an Eguisier's enema, French, 1855-1900
Medicinal liquids or water were stored in the brass reservoir to be pumped through the green tubing and inserted into the rectum as an enema. Enemas were a popular way of giving medical treatments until the 1850s when the hypodermic syringe slowly came into use. The machine is named after its inventor, Eguisier, who was a French doctor.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A640622
- Materials:
- metal
- Measurements:
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overall: 240 mm x 120 mm x 260 mm, 1.22kg
- type:
- enema syringe
