University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pediatrics
Classification
Pediatrics
Paediatrics
Obstetrics
Accession Number
1986.2.2
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; both sides made of 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; both sides made of 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)
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.