Nursing bottle. Cylindrical pewter nursing bottle with wider base than the rest of the body; pewter nipple screws on to threading at the top of the bottle.
Created:
1701 - 1800?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Medicine spoon. The bowl of the spoon is in the shape of a teardrop with a flat cover and a hinged, semicircular lid and the narrower end and a small, triangular opening at distal tip; the handle is a hollow, flanged tube. Inventor Charles Gibson patented the design for this spoon in 1827. The spoon would have been used to administer unpleasant ...
Contributor:
Gibson, Charles (Goldsmith)
Created:
1835 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Medicine spoon. The bowl of the spoon is in the shape of a teardrop with a flat cover and a hinged, semicircular lid at the narrower end and a small, triangular opening at distal tip; the handle is a hollow, flanged tube. Includes manufacturer markings: "C. Gibson --Inventor -- 71 Bishopsgate St. -- Within." Inventor Charles Gibson patented the ...
Contributor:
Gibson, Charles (Goldsmith)
Created:
1835 - 1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Bedpan. Large, round pewter bedpan; cylindrical handle with bulbous end and a small decorative finial at the tip; handle unscrews to reveal a circular opening into the bedpan. Includes several indecipherable maker's marks stamped on bottom. Bedpans are used by individuals unable to leave their bed to relieve themselves due to illness. The hollow...
Created:
1750 - 1850?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
