Bed Pan
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910s
name: label: maker
content: Meinecke and Company
notes: label: Description
content: White ceramic bed pan with label stamped on the inside: "Meinecke" "Perfection" Bed and Douche Pan / The Most Comfortable and Sanitary Bed-Pan in the World. / For Hospital and Home" Patented June 5, 1900.
label: Description
content: "The "Perfection" bedpan is anatomically correct in shape, and causes no uncomforatble pressure against the spine. It is a combines bed and douche pan. It is sanitary and is easily emptied from the wide, open space at one end, thereby saving time and disagreeable work for the nurse." [The American Journal of Nursing, Volume 11, 1911]
label: Description
content: In 1911 the "Perfection" bedpan was available in a standard and small size, in porcelain and in grey or white enamelware. The price ran from $2.25 for the small porcelain to $4.50 for standard white enamel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Women's Club of Chevy Chase
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11474
label: catalog number
content: M-11474
label: accession number
content: 261153
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bedpan
label: Object Name
content: bed pan
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 10 7/8 in x 14 3/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 27.6225 cm x 36.5125 cm