Sputum cup - University of Portland Clark Library Digital Collections

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Title

Sputum cup

Date

1940-1950

Document Details
Image Details

Document Details

Title

Sputum cup

Date

1940-1950

Description

Gray tin cup with black handle and black band around lip of cup used to collect matter that was coughed up and ejected from the mouth. Patients also used them to dispose cigarette butts. A sputum cup would have been changed by an orderly at each shift.

Physical Description

Yellow rust stains inside on bottom of the cup. Black and gray marks around outside of cup. Two spots (inside and outside) where paint is wearing away.

Resource Type

["Image"]

Subject

["Nursing--History","University of Portland"]

Keywords

["Medical equipment & supplies"]

Rights

["NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES - The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information."]

Usage Rights

["The University of Portland has determined that there are no known copyright restrictions for this object in the United States as of 2017 and does not have restrictions on usage. We request that you acknowledge the source of the object whenever possible."]

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