Stomach Pump
date: label: date made
content: 1861-1865
name: label: maker
content: Brinckerhoff, V. W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The practice of lavage was popular in the late nineteenth century. Stomach and enema pumps were used to wash out the stomach as well as for the administration of medicinals for every imaginable type of ailment from gastritis to consumption to cancer. Sometimes plain water was used; often various medicinals were added such as bicarbonate of soda, carbolic acid, or tincture of myrrh.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This instrument was made by Vanwyck W. Brinckerhoff of New York who was active from 1856 to 1869. The case is made of mahogany, and has a brass lock and sliding closure. The brass escutcheon on the lid is engraved "U.S.A. HOSPT DEPT". The interior of the case is lined with red velvet. The brass pump has a wooden handle, three ivory and brass nozzles, two tubes and a wooden mouth gag.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This set is similar to one illustrated in the 1889 edition of the George Tiemann & Co., surgical catalogue <i>American Armamentarium Chirurgicum</i> on page 293.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Cancer
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content: Civil War Surgical Sets
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content: Cancer: Treatment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: College of Physicians of Philadelphia. College Collections
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07432
label: catalog number
content: M-07432
label: accession number
content: 220170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stomach pump
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (pump material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (accessories material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (accessories material)
label: Physical Description
content: fiber (accessories material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory/bone (accessories material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (accessories material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (key material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pump material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 11 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 29.845 cm x 16.1925 cm