Stomach Pump
date: label: date made
content: 1879-1896
name: label: Associated Name
content: Hernstein, Albert L.
label: Associated Name
content: Hernstein, Hermann
label: maker
content: Hernstein, Albert L.
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden case containing a nickel-plated aspirator (pump), hose, three nozzles and two mouth gags. This device, which could be used as a stomach pump or to administer enemas, is stamped “A. L. Hernstein / NEW YORK.” Hermann Hernstien was a German immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1841 and established a medical instrument company soon thereafter. His son, Albert L. Hernstein, took charge of the business about 1867. The purple velvet in the case suggests that this pump was made before the introduction of aseptic instruments in the early 1890s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Disabilities
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0197.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0197.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0197
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pump, Stomach
label: Object Name
content: pump
label: Object Name
content: stomach pump
label: Object Name
content: enema
label: Object Name
content: clyster
label: Other Terms
content: Pump, Stomach; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal; fabric (part: case material)
label: Physical Description
content: fiber; rubber; metal (part: tube material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: pump material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal (part: accessories material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: key material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 13 in x 7 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 33.02 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 13 in x 7 in; 5.08 cm x 33.02 cm x 17.78 cm