Bakelite Rectal Dilator

Description:

Bakelite rectal dilator with a “Young’s Dilator 3” inscription. Frank E. Young was a physician in Canton, Ohio, who claimed that this dilator would “restore circulation and health”

Ref: Frank E. Young, “Design for a Rectal Dilator,” Design Patent #21,551 (May 17, 1892).

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of M. E. Vaill

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1994.3122.05Nonaccession Number: 1994.3122Catalog Number: 1994.3122.05

Object Name: Dilator

Physical Description: bakelite (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 4.2 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 5/8 inoverall: 3 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 4.1275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f052-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1518

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