Patent Model - Improved Uterine-Supporter
Maker and role
E. Fraser, Patentee
Production date
May 04 1869
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Copper
Measurements
17 1/2 x 17 x 2 1/4" (44.5 x 43.2 x 5.7cm)
Description
Fraser's patent which cures the female affliction called "falling of the womb..." is solved by "forming and applying a bell-shaped metallic ring, with supporting-bows attached thereto, which ring is inserted and placed so that the base of the uterus is supported by and rests on the ring..." (Patent Number 89,647)
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Object number
2015.14.1008
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