Brief description
Five sets of Victorian era enema and stomach pumps.Full description
Five sets of Victorian era of enema and stomach pumps consisting of ivory and metal enema tubes, oesophageal pipes, a vulcanite mouth gags and stomach tubes by makers such as S. Mawson & Thompson and Mayer and Meltzer, both London instrument makers, and Joseph Gray & Son, from Sheffield.Significance
This collection contains a range of medical and scientific instruments of significance to the history of Science in Australia.Data time period: 1860 to 1900
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Sheffield
text: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
text: London
Subjects
Animal structure and function |
Australia |
Digestive Organs |
Dr. |
George |
Gray |
Howard |
Joseph |
Mawson |
Medical Equipment |
Purging |
Scientists |
Social |
Son |
Stomach tubes |
Thomas |
Thompson |
enema |
history |
social history |
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Identifiers
- URI : http://www.jnmhugateways.unimelb.edu.au/mhm/MHMS014.htm
- Local : MHM003