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Hot Water Bottle

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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 in bed, or to apply heat to a specific part of the body.

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Standard of Care 1
Origin Year
1903 2
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1. Wikipedia
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2. Hot water bottle (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_water_bottle, lead section
    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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