Stomach Pump
name: label: maker
content: George Curling & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Brass stomach pump with an ivory handle, and a “GEO. CURLING & CO. / 16 CULLUM ST. / LONDON” inscription. Rev. Robert G. Harbutt, the donor, said that this was used by his father while serving as a missionary in Samoa in the 1830s. The red velvet lining of the case suggests that it was made before the growing concern with aseptic instruments in the early 1890s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Disabilities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rev. Robert G. Harbutt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04150
label: catalog number
content: M-04150
label: accession number
content: 139980
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stomach pump
label: Object Name
content: Stomach Pump
label: Object Name
content: clyster
label: Object Name
content: enema
label: Other Terms
content: Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; fabric; metal (part: case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal; bone/ivory (part: pump material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: attachment material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 23.8125 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 23.8125 cm x 6.35 cm