Rockwood / Kingston Psychiatric Hospital / Providence Continuing Care Centre Collection
Category
Patient Care
Education Artifacts
Nursing
Classification
Patient Care
Education
Nursing
Accession Number
000003371
Description
A complete "Mrs. Chase" teaching doll; the doll is lifesize and anatomically correct; she is made of flesh coloured plaster; the arms are attached with rope and the legs are attached with chain links; there are hinges used for the knees and elbows; the left upper-arm has a soft spot for the insert…
A complete "Mrs. Chase" teaching doll; the doll is lifesize and anatomically correct; she is made of flesh coloured plaster; the arms are attached with rope and the legs are attached with chain links; there are hinges used for the knees and elbows; the left upper-arm has a soft spot for the insertion of needles; there are holes at various parts of the body used for practicing different procedures.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Came from the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital Nursing School.
"Dolls and Duty: Martha Chase and the Progressive Agenda," by Paul G. Bourcier, The Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island, 1989
Research Facts
Dolls of this type were used by nursing students learning how to properly handle and treat patients. The infant, child, and adult-sized dolls were designed as teaching aids for nursing students; the first models came out in 1911 and were designed by Martha Jenks Chase; an improved adult-sized Chase mannequin was introduced in 1914 with special arm injection site and an internal reservoir that permitted urethral, vaginal, and rectal examinations; circa 1939, Mrs. Chase's older son redesigned the mannequins with more attractive faces, joints rebuilt with metal hinges, streamlined body shapes, remodelled reservoirs, and updated hairstyles; male mannequins were designed for the U.S. Army inthe 1940s; the M.J. Chase Company was sold in 1981; this doll was used by the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital nursing school.
Exhibit History
Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibit: "Caring Profession"; ret. Sept. 2006