Hodge's retroversion pessary, which consists of a single piece of solid cylindrical vulcaniete, hard rubber, formed into a closed form with an open centre; the pessary has a flat top and rounded base; both corners are rounded; the pessary curves at the centre and looks like an S-shape from the sideā¦
Hodge's retroversion pessary, which consists of a single piece of solid cylindrical vulcaniete, hard rubber, formed into a closed form with an open centre; the pessary has a flat top and rounded base; both corners are rounded; the pessary curves at the centre and looks like an S-shape from the side (see sketch on accession sheet).
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
Dates
1890
1920
circa 1890-1920
Material
hard rubber: black
Inscriptions
The front of the pessary has the number "2" stamped into the rubber at the bottom
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D8-11
Dimension Notes
Length 6.3 cm x Width 4.8 cm x Depth 1.2 cm
Condition Remarks
The rubber shows very minor wear; there is no cracking or missing areas; (3): rubber shows only very light wear.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
Previous number #152; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Surgical Instruments," by The Kny-Scheerer Co., 1915, p. 5210 (similar to E/-9761)
Research Facts
Used to treat retroversion of the uterus, the turning backward of the entire uterus in relation to the pelvic axis