Summary
White ceramic slipper bedpan circa 1920 used in a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia.
Physical Description
White china slipper bed pan shaped like a giant baby's shoe with a squashed toe. Has pear-shaped base and flat sides, sloping top with large round opening which narrows with a covered end. There is a half-heart-shaped handle in the centre of the body.
Significance
Example of nursing and sanitation equipment used in psychiatric hospitals in Victoria Australia
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Place & Date Used
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Inscriptions
THE NEW/ SLIPPER BED PAN/This slipper should be passed under/the Patient in front between the legs..."
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - nursing, Grooming & hygiene
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
15 cm (Length), 25 cm (Width), 40 cm (Height)
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References
Oral history interview, Dr E.C.Dax, 27.4.1992
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Keywords
Hospitals, Nursing, Psychiatric Hospitals, Sanitation, Making History - Psych Services
