| Reference Number | MIMM/2021-8/204 |
| Title | Sponge Tents in Glass Bottle |
| Date | [1875-1925] |
| Description | Clear glass bottle containing three sponge tents. Tents are beige in colour, short, tapering rods, which are attached to pink string. Wooden stopper. Label on bottle reads: "One doz. assorted sizes/CARBOLIZED SPONGE TENTS./To be kept Air-tight". Used to dilate the cervix. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | Sponge tent: 54mm (approx. length) |
| Bottle: 114mm (length) x 30mm (diameter) |
| 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 |
| Bottle |
| Term | Gynaecology -- Instrumentation |
| Dilatation -- Instrumentation |
| Surgical Sponges |