FOOT/ARM BATH
H1989.280
Foot/arm bath is shaped like a miniature standard bath. At one end a handle and a rolled rim. Used since 1910 at KRH, in nursing patients, for immersing a foot or arm in a medicinal warm bath, to aid recovery. Used in Men's Medical Ward 1960-70.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | H1989.280 |
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| Accession Date: | 16 May 1989 |
Material
| Stainless Steel/Metal | stainless steel |
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| Steel/Metal |
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Measurement
| length | 530mm |
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| width | 180mm |
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| height | 180mm |
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