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Vaginal pipe

Description:: Vaginal pipe. Cylindrical vulcanized rubber pipe with cupped, ribbed proximal end with interior threading and distal end with 4 concave facets and 2 holes in each facet. This pipe was likely attached to a douching device for vaginal irrigation.
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 3
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Vaginal pipe

Description:: Vaginal pipe. Cylindrical vulcanized rubber pipe with cupped, ribbed proximal end with interior threading and distal end with 4 concave facets and 2 holes in each facet. This pipe was likely attached to a douching device for vaginal irrigation.
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 3
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Vaginal pipe

Description:: Vaginal pipe. Cylindrical bakelite pipe with cupped, ribbed proximal end with interior threading and distal end with 4 concave facets and 2 holes in each facet. This pipe was likely attached to a douching device for vaginal irrigation.
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Vaginal pipe

Description:: Vaginal pipe. Cylindrical vulcanized rubber pipe with ribbed proximal end with small nozzle that is flared on the underside and tapered at end with interior threading; distal end with 4 concave facets and 2 holes in each facet. This pipe was likely attached to a douching device for vaginal irrigation.
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 3
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Vaginal speculum. Metal bivalve duck-billed speculum; anterior blade is slightly shorter than the posterior blade; anterior blade has a small notch in the distal side; curved, notched piece extends from anterior blade; another metal piece extends from posterior blade and wraps around notched piece, which acts as a mechanism for changing the dist...
Created:: 1910?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Vaginal speculum. Metal bivalve speculum; short, duck-billed anterior blade with notch at distal end; posterior blade is flat with rectangular end; anterior blade has a small arm that adjusts hinge that opens and closes blade; vertical steel piece in wishbone shape connected to anterior blade with two rivets at the end of the bifurcated 'U' shap...
Created:: 1900 - 1950?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Vaginal speculum. Bivalve steel speculum; blades are a half-duckbill shape with 90 degree angle leading to slimmer portion of the metal where blades are held together via a joint at the bottom and a long thumb screw further up, used to hold the two blades at different distances apart; there are lobed protrusions on both blades near terminal end ...
Created:: 1890 - 1930?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 6
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Vaginal speculum. Bivalve metal vaginal speculum; speculum body made from wire; concave posterior blade and flat anterior blade; rectangular loop wire handle; thumb screw adjusters on distal end of anterior blade and at joint between anterior blade and handle. Includes manufacturer markings:"E. Müller."
Created:: 1880 - 1930?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Vaginal speculum. Metal bivalve speculum; one blade is made from metal wire; the other blade is hinged to open and close; blades can be kept open using a screw and nut. Includes manufacturer markings:"OTTO & -- REYNDERS -- N.Y."
Contributor:: Otto & Reynders (New York City, New York)
Created:: 1860 - 1875?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 5
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14