Vaginal insufflator consists of a silver metal nozzle and red rubber introitus guard (a) which screws into a silver metal receptacle attached to a black rubber hand pump (b); occluding syringe (c) is made up of a cylindrical silver metal pole with 12 evely spaced holes above the red rubber introitu…
Vaginal insufflator consists of a silver metal nozzle and red rubber introitus guard (a) which screws into a silver metal receptacle attached to a black rubber hand pump (b); occluding syringe (c) is made up of a cylindrical silver metal pole with 12 evely spaced holes above the red rubber introitus guard; there is a red rubber tube which protrudes from the introis guard and is attached to a clear open ended glass tube which tapers at the end opposite from the tube; there is an extra piece of red rubber tubing (d); also comes with an instruction manual (e); all items are packaged in a cardboard box with a gray top with a blue label (f) and a brown bottom (g)
Number Of Parts
7
Part Names
a - vaginal insufflator - Size: Length 12.6 cm x Diam 7.5 cm
b - hand pump - Size: Length 18.5 cm x Width 3.9 cm x Depth 4.2 cm
c - occluding syringe - Size: Length 44.3 cm x Width 8.0 cm x Depth 5.5 cm
d - rubber tubing - Size: Length 53.2 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 0.9 cm
e - instruction manual - Size: Length 15.6 cm x Width 8.5 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
f - cardboard box top - Size: Length 20.1 cm x Width 11.3 cm x Depth 7.4 cm
g - cardboard box bottom - Size: Length 19.9 cm x Width 10.8 cm x Depth 7.2 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine; donated by Dean Barry Smith, Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University
Date based on research and information printed inside (e)
Material
rubber: red, black
metal: silver
cardboard: brown, gray
paper: white
glass: clear
ink: black, blue
Inscriptions
Printed on the end of (f): "POWDEX // REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. // OCCLUDING // VAGINAL SYRINGE // (1) TYPE A // CAUTION.-To be used only by or on the // prescription of a physician. // POWDEX CORPORATION, NEW YORK, N.Y. // CLINICALLY TESTED PRODUCTS // DISTRIBUTED BY BLAIR & CURTIS, INC. // 100 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY"; engraved into top part of (b): "POWDEX INSUFFLATOR // U.S. PAT'S 1406903 - 1406904 - 1527491 // FOREIGN PAT'S AND PAT'S PENDING // MFG. BY // POWDEX CORPORATION // NEW YORK U. S. A."; stamped into inside of introis guard of (c): "MFGD BY // POWDEX // NEW YORK"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D8-9
Condition Remarks
(c) rubber is hard, cracked, and squashed; (e) shows signs of foxing and a piece of the cover has torn off.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
JPG
Reference Comments
"Science Museum" website; CD #4
Research Facts
A vaginal insufflator blew gas or powdered medications into the female reproductive organs to treat gynecological diseases.