Enema set

Enema set

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Enema set, with syringe, three ivory and one metal rectal nozzles, support, and the ends only of a tube, in case, 19th century

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A640561
Materials:
box, mahogany and velvet
type:
enema syringes

Parts

Piston action syringe with ivory handle

Piston action syringe with ivory handle

Piston action syringe with ivory handle, and side tube, pewter and ivory

Materials:
pewter and ivory
Object Number:
A640561 Pt1
type:
syringes
Two straight rectal nozzles

Two straight rectal nozzles

Two straight rectal nozzles, ivory

Materials:
ivory
Object Number:
A640561 Pt2
type:
nozzles
L-shaped ivory rectal nozzle for self administration

L-shaped ivory rectal nozzle for self administration

L-shaped ivory rectal nozzle for self administration

Materials:
ivory
Object Number:
A640561 Pt3
type:
nozzles
Metal rectal nozzle

Metal rectal nozzle

Metal rectal nozzle

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A640561 Pt4
type:
nozzles
Ends of tube to connect syringe to nozzle

Ends of tube to connect syringe to nozzle

Ends of tube to connect syringe to nozzle, metal

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A640561 Pt5
type:
tubes