Breast Pump
date: label: date made
content: 1947
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gomco Surgical Mfg. Co.
label: maker
content: Gomco Surgical Mfg. Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Electric breast pump with a “MANUFACTURED BY / GOMCO / SURGICAL MFG. CORP. / BUFFALO, N.Y., U.S.A.” inscription. Aaron A. Goldstein (1889-1946) established this firm, probably in the 1930s.
label: Description
content: Instructions as printed on the base of the pump: "Instructions: Verrify Voltage and Cycle. Adjust vacuum between 3 and 5 inches. The exact amount depends upon the comfort of patient. To do this create a vacuum by closing outlet. The GOMCO Pump uses continuous vaccum and nursing action is obatined by patient's own control of the air inlet at end of tubing.
label: Description
content: Ref: "Aaron A. Goldstein," New York Times (Feb. 27, 1945), p. 19.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0450.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0450.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0450
label: serial number
content: F-1026
objectType: label: Object Name
content: breast pump, electric
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 9 in x 12 in; 23.495 cm x 22.86 cm x 30.48 cm