| Reference Number | READ/144 |
| Title | Sea Tangle Tent |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | Sea tangle tent, consisting of a cone-shaped piece of dried seaweed (Laminaria digitata), with a cotton thread at the base. It was used to drain uterine secretions, as it would expand once rehydrated. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 120mm x 10mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Sponge Tent |
| Term | Gynaecology -- Instrumentation |
| Obstetrics -- Instrumentation |