M0011481: Enema syringes with bulbs of natural rubber

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Syringes with bulbs of natural rubber.

Two enema syringes with bulbs of natural rubber made in South America and imported to Europe at the end of 18th or beginning of the 19th century. The syringes were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1950 (accession number R93/1950 and R94/1950). They are not held by Wellcome Collection

1950

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the items (accession number R93/1950 and R94/1950 image 32)

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.