Pratt's Rectal Dilators (2)
Pratt's Rectal Dilators (2)
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- Description
- Two metal rectal dilators, each in a cardboard box with inscriptions that read “PLAIN / WARM WATER” and “PRATT’S RECTAL DILATORS.” The form was known by the 1890s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Dilator, Rectal, Batch of
- dilators
- Other Terms
- Dilator, Rectal, Batch of; Medicine
- Measurements
- rectal dilator 1: 5 5/8 in x 1 in; 14.2875 cm x 2.54 cm
- box 1: 1 1/4 in x 6 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 15.24 cm x 3.4925 cm
- rectal dilator 2: 5 9/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 14.12875 cm x 3.175 cm
- box 2: 1 1/2 in x 6 in x 1 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 15.24 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-12735
- catalog number
- M-12735
- accession number
- 315330
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marion Huber
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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