Enamelware Washbasin

DimensionsOverall: 30.6 x 9 x 30.6 cm

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Zelma Fisher, London, Ontario, 2003

Object number2003.001.003

Label TextStudent nurses learned to foster their patients’ physical comfort. That could mean helping them use a bedpan or giving them a bed bath or rubbing their back with liniment. This washbasin would have been used for such acts. The nurses’ care soothed fears and provided emotional support too.

NameWashbasin