University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pediatrics
Classification
Pediatrics
Paediatrics
Obstetrics
Accession Number
1986.2.1
Description
Hand-sewn baby binder is a strip of cloth that narrows at each end; woven tape ties at each end; a vertical slit in the cloth about 1/3 of the way from one end; linen lined with flanelette.
Hand-sewn baby binder is a strip of cloth that narrows at each end; woven tape ties at each end; a vertical slit in the cloth about 1/3 of the way from one end; linen lined with flanelette.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. T. G. Brown of Toronto.
Length 62.0 cm x Width 10.5 cm (minus tapes, which are 31.0-37.0 cm long)
Condition Remarks
Scorch marks on both sides
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
The binder was made for the donor's father, born in 1892 in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, and used for his brothers, 1892-1902; binders were used until ca. 1950 to bind the baby's umbilical area, probably because of a traditional belief that if it were not bound, the umbilicus would not heal properly after birth, or an umbilical hernia would occur.