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Silver eye bath, Europe, 1701-1900 Eye baths are a means of applying a liquid medicine or a simple wash to a notoriously sensitive part of the body. Once the silver bowl was filled with liquid, the patient would place the bath over the eye, tilt the head back and open and close their eye repeatedly in the liquid. The bowl is curved to fit the socket of the eye and avoid spillage. Such treatment may have been needed for an infection or to remove an irritation. The base of this example can be detached and itself filled with a liquid medicine, which could then be dripped into the eye through the stem. This eye bath is made of silver and has a floral design punched into the base. Eye baths can be made from a range of materials including other metals, glass, ceramics and plastic. Medical Photographic Library |
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Short title | L0058001 Silver eye bath, Europe |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0058001 Silver eye bath, Europe |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0058001 Silver eye bath, Europe
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Silver eye bath, Europe, 1701-1900 Eye baths are a means of applying a liquid medicine or a simple wash to a notoriously sensitive part of the body. Once the silver bowl was filled with liquid, the patient would place the bath over the eye, tilt the head back and open and close their eye repeatedly in the liquid. The bowl is curved to fit the socket of the eye and avoid spillage. Such treatment may have been needed for an infection or to remove an irritation. The base of this example can be detached and itself filled with a liquid medicine, which could then be dripped into the eye through the stem. This eye bath is made of silver and has a floral design punched into the base. Eye baths can be made from a range of materials including other metals, glass, ceramics and plastic. 1701-1900 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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