Smith's Retroversion Pessary
notes: label: Description
content: Black hard rubber pessary with two curves, is slightly smaller in width at one end. The pessary is in a blue textured box with white floral pattern, dark blue print, and scroll text frame. The pessary was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Midwife Kit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0128.26
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pessary in box
label: Object Name
content: pessary
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hard rubber (part: pessary material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: in box: 8 cm x 5.75 cm x 2.5 cm; 3 5/32 in x 2 1/4 in x 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: part: pessary: 7.75 cm x 5.5 cm x 2 cm; 3 1/16 in x 2 5/32 in x 25/32 in