Bedpan
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SLIPPER-STYLE/SPOUT
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0653.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ceramic (possibly earthenware ?)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 27.5 cm
- Height
- 11.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Patient care
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1900s, and possibly later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
USED FOR COLLECTION OF FECES, ETC. FROM BED RIDDEN PATIENTS. COULD ALSO BE USED AS WASH BASIN FOR GENITALIA, ANUS, ETC. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None, save UHN catalogue number "971.4" printed in black ink on underside, near spout.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Off-white ceramic.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bedpan, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2002.0653, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0653.001/
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