A hot water bottle is a bottle filled with hot water and sealed with a stopper, used to provide warmth, typically in bed, or to apply heat to a specific part of the body.
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A hot-water bottle is a bottle filled with hot water and sealed with a stopper, used to provide warmth, typically while in bed, but also for the application of heat to a specific part of the body.
History (origin-year)
Modern conventional hot-water bottles were patented in 1903 and are manufactured in natural rubber or PVC, to a design patented by the Croatian inventor Slavoljub Eduard Penkala.
In Group: Heat and Cold Therapy, Introduction
A hot-water bottle is a bottle filled with hot water and sealed with a stopper, used to provide warmth, typically while in bed, but also for the application of heat to a specific part of the body.
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