Hot water bottle

Home nursing--Equipment and supplies

Home Nursing--instrumentation

Receptacles

Manufactured in England

Used to warm sick-room bed

Ceramic; cream with brown trim; oblong, domed with flat resting bottom; screw cap on top and decorative knob at one end.

A rectangular ceramic bottle with rounded edges is shown lying on its side against a plain background. The container has a glossy light-colored glaze and a short screw cap positioned on the top surface near the center. One end features a darker brown section with a protruding stopper-like knob, while the body of the bottle is smooth and slightly curved along the sides.

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1890-1900?

Wilbur, C. Keith, 1923-

Cravens, Annette

NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Contact the History of Medicine Collection with questions.

24.1 cm. long

Medical instrument

Image

Still image

91.6.1

LIB-HSL001

Water bottle

Bed warmer

4/7/2006

Ceramic