File:Bed warming bag, London, England, 1900-1925 Wellcome L0057144.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,256 × 2,832 pixels, file size: 1.07 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Bed warming bag, London, England, 1900-1925
Title
Bed warming bag, London, England, 1900-1925
Description

The makers of this novel device claimed it could provide constant heat and warmth for 24 hours. The canvas bags are filled with an ammonia compound which, when cold water is added, produce heat. The brass clips on the top of the bag were opened and two teaspoons of cold water were added through a funnel. The clips were then closed and the bag shaken for one minute. The canvas bag was then placed in the rubber bag. The ammonia compound probably smelt horrible. The bag was used to provide heat to a specific area of the body to relieve pain or to warm up beds. The devils on the packaging hint to the customer that the bag will stay hot and are probably an allusion to Hell!

maker: Martins Rubber Company Limited

Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Wellcome Images
Keywords: warming bag; Nursing
Credit line

This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

References
  • Library reference: Science Museum A42106
  • Photo number: L0057144
Source/Photographer

https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/56/8b/3c9a2fe68a8426dd1b9f7effe25d.jpg

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:33, 17 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 07:33, 17 October 20144,256 × 2,832 (1.07 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Bed warming bag, London, England, 1900-1925 |description = The makers of this novel device claimed it could provide constant heat and warmth for 24...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bed_warming_bag,_London,_England,_1900-1925_Wellcome_L0057144.jpg&oldid=819918847"