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Artifact Name	Enamelware Bedpan with Lid
Type of Object	Bedpan
Date of Manufacture	1920-1930
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	11.5 cm. x 31 cm. x 46 cm.
Physical Details	White steel enamelware bedpan with a handled cover. Bedpan is teardrop shaped with a flat bottom, with body consisting of four welded shaped blocks of steel, two for the rear lip and two for the main reservoir body. End is squared off, and main body is rounded. A hollow tube is fixed to the distal end of the pan. Cover is also enamelware, painted white with a blue-painted lip, and fits into a recessed opening on the top of the bedpan. Cover has a small wooden handle attached.
Medical Subject	Toilet Facilities
Other Subject	Bedpans -- History
Accession Number	1990.10.2
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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