Glass and brass breast pump dating from around 1860, England. This was used to mechanically extract and collect milk from a lactating woman. The earli

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Glass and brass breast pump dating from around 1860, England. This was used to mechanically extract and collect milk from a lactating woman. The earliest patent for a breast pump device was issued in the mid nineteenth century in the USA. This design is made from glass and brass.

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