Description: Up for sale is an extremely rare Medical device. It's the Henry Archibald's Suppository Machine c. 1879. The only other one I can find anywhere is at the Tizzano Museum of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Medical Antiques. They have one for sale there for $499.00 This device is 7" tall and weighs 3.25 pounds. Here is an excerpt from their listing: 18th and early 19th-century suppositories were made by hand from a liquid mass poured into forms shaped from oiled paper to form rolled suppositories. By the mid-19th century, metallic molds were introduced to accept a molten liquid to produce formed suppositories. The earliest form consisted of a tin tray and perforated removable lid to accommodate individual pewter molds. In 1865 Wm. Chapman, a pharmacist, constructed the first solid metal mold. Suppositories formed in these molds were very difficult to remove. Charles Bullock and Edmund Crenshaw solved this problem in 1867 with the introduction of a two-part, brass mold, hinged at one end and held together by a metallic band. By 1875 about twenty different forms became available that employed this so-called fusion method of production whereby a molten mass was poured into molds a process suitable only for heat-stable ingredients. Thus, heat intolerant ingredients required the handmade method before the development of cold compression suppositories formed by a machine. The first patented cold compression machine, Archibald’s Suppository Machine, was produced by Henry Archibald in 1879, and its success stimulated the production of numerous other forms. - Richardson, The Pill Rollers
Price: 175 USD
Location: Elkville, Illinois
End Time: 2024-03-01T22:02:34.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Bottle Type: Medicines & Cures
