Pratt's Rectal Dilator
notes: label: Description
content: Metal rectal dilator in a cardboard box with inscriptions that read “PLAIN / WARM WATER” and “PRATT’S RECTAL DILATORS.” The form was known by the 1890s. This example belonged to Charles Huber (1854-1942), a physician and pharmacist in Harrison, Ohio.
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 Marion Huber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12734
label: catalog number
content: M-12734
label: accession number
content: 315330
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dilator, Rectal
label: Object Name
content: dilator
label: Other Terms
content: Dilator, Rectal; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: dilator: 5 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 14.605 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 in x 6 1/8 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 15.5575 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: small object: 3 in x 5/16 in; 7.62 cm x .79375 cm