Enema set

Made:: 1801-1900

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Enema set, to Read's patent, with syringe, tube and two rectal nozzles, in case, English, 19th century

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A640596

Materials:: box, mahogany and box, velvet

Measurements:: box: length 257 mm
box: width 116 mm
box: height 44 mm

type:: enema syringes

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Parts

Piston action syringe

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A640596 Pt1

type:: syringes

Tube to connect syringe and nozzle

Materials:: gum-elastic

Object Number:: A640596 Pt2

type:: tubes

Two pewter rectal nozzles

Materials:: pewter

Object Number:: A640596 Pt3

type:: nozzles

Enema set

Details

Parts

Piston action syringe

Tube to connect syringe and nozzle

Two pewter rectal nozzles

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