Stomach Pump
date: label: date made
content: about 1845
name: label: maker
content: W & H Hutchinson
notes: label: Description
content: Brass stomach pump with a “W & H. HUTCHINSON / SHEFFIELD” inscription. An inscription on the paper reads "FROM THE MANUFACTORY OF/ W & H HUTCHINSON / SURGICAL / Instrument Makers / SHEFFIELD. / RASORS AND LANCETS OF THE FINEST QUALITY." William and Henry Hutchinson were surgical and veterinary instrument makers in Sheffield, England, in business from 1841 to 1859.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.309
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.309
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: Pump, Alimentary
label: Object Name
content: stomach pump
label: Object Name
content: clyster
label: Object Name
content: enema
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 26 cm x 10.3 cm x 7.4 cm; 10 1/4 in x 4 1/16 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 4 in x 2 7/8 in; 26.035 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 24.8 cm x 9 cm x 6 cm; 9 3/4 in x 3 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in