Pessary
name: label: maker
content: William Radoff
notes: label: Description
content: The Hodge gynafold pessary was associated with Hugh Lenox Hodge (1796-1873), a professor of obstetrics at the University of Pennsylvania, and used primarily for stress incontinence.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0014.10
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0014.10
label: accession number
content: 1993.0014
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pessary
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hard rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 17.6 cm x 3 cm x 12.5 cm; 6 15/16 in x 1 3/16 in x 4 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 3/8 in; 16.51 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.4925 cm