Rectal Syringe
notes: label: Description
content: Rectal syringe designed for applying ointment, for the relief of hemorrhoids or piles. Inscriptions on the cardboard box read “HARD RUBBER / PILE PIPE / Philadelphia New York.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1978.0883.139
label: accession number
content: 1978.0883
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0883.139
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Name
content: pile pipe
label: Object Name
content: syringe, rectal
label: Other Terms
content: Non-Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber, hard (plunger, screw material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber, hard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 11.1125 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: syringe: 4 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; x 10.4775 cm x 3.175 cm