Enema set

Enema set

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Enema set, with piston action syringe, having tubing with compass-joint socket for two nozzles, in case, by S. Maw, 11 Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London, England, 1860-1870.

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A640546
Materials:
box, mahogany and velvet
Measurements:
box: length 258 mm
box: width 103 mm
box: height 44 mm
type:
enema syringes
credit:
Lecky

Parts

Piston action syringe, brass, by S. Maw, 11 Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London, England.

Piston action syringe

Piston action syringe, brass, by S. Maw, 11 Aldersgate Street, Barbican, London, England.

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A640546 Pt1
type:
enema syringes
Tube, attached to syringe, covered with wool

Tube, attached to syringe

Tube, attached to syringe, covered with wool

Materials:
wool, covered
Object Number:
A640546 Pt2
type:
tubes
Two rectal nozzles, metal

Two rectal nozzles

Two rectal nozzles, metal

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A640546 Pt3
type:
nozzles