Hodge's retroversion pessary, which consists of a single piece of solid cylindrical hard rubber formed into a closed rectangular form with rounded corners and an open centre; the pessary has a flattish bottom with a bump at the middle and a rounded top; the pessary curves at the centre and looks li…
Hodge's retroversion pessary, which consists of a single piece of solid cylindrical hard rubber formed into a closed rectangular form with rounded corners and an open centre; the pessary has a flattish bottom with a bump at the middle and a rounded top; the pessary curves at the centre and looks like an S-shape from the side.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection.
Maker
Amsco
Dates
1890
1920
circa 1890-1920
Material
hard rubber: black
Inscriptions
The front of the pessary has "AMSCO 4" stamped into the rubber at the right; the rubber at the left side has the number "85" stamped into it
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D8-11
Dimension Notes
Length 9.0 cm x Width 4.9 cm x Depth 2.4 cm
Condition Remarks
The rubber shows very minor wear; there is no cracking or missing areas
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
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