Winegum Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 After reading the 'What is it?' thread about the martinet it made methink of this amazing looking creation which we saw last year inReignac - a fortified house, now classed as a historical monument, nearRouffignac. We pondered for many minutes as to the possible uses ofthis contraption and decided it was either a wierd instrument oftorture or maybe (heaven forbid) something to do with childbirth! Anysuggestions?Jude[IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q259/bikesindordogne/Whatsitfor.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I saw that last year too, Winegum. I assumed it was a kind of early exercise bike. What a pity it's not labelled.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 For removing hemmoroids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Yes Hoddy, it seems like a kind of exercising gadget like a rowing machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Is it a Spa Chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Don't they still use these in French hospitals for women during childbirth? It's the stirrups that give it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 With those stirrups it definitely looks like a gyno's chair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 The two handles look like they have received some serious gripping.....................[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 [quote user="Bugbear"]The two handles look like they have received some serious gripping.....................[:D][/quote]Gyno' chair then, deffo. (Not that I've had any experience in that department, you understand but my women friends who have do tell me..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winegum Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 Unlike the thing we saw in a different area (which I think was a rack) it doesn't have any manacles, so presumably whoever used it did so voluntarily. It was standing next to two suits of armour and a metal cage! They obviously locked people in the cage and then maybe poked them with sharp sticks! (Far better than ASBO's eh!). But if that chair was for giving birth I'm blinkin' glad I didn't live in that era. [:-))] But then of course those suits of armour did make me think of knights on white chargers ... so ... maybe ... [kiss]Jude [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 [quote user="Winegum"]But then of course those suits of armour did make me think of knights on white chargers ... so ... maybe ... [kiss]Jude [:D][/quote]That's what crossed my mind Winegum, but I daren't say it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 May I direct you to the thread entitled "MEN ONLY - Flexible Cystoscopy" [+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 [quote user="Winegum"]But if that chair was for giving birth I'm blinkin' glad I didn't live in that era. [/quote]In France, that era is still happening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 [quote user="Winegum"]But if that chair was for giving birth I'm blinkin' glad I didn't live in that era. [:-))] Jude [:D][/quote]Why? Are you suggesting it would bring less of a tear to the eye if you sat on a duckdown sofa[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 [quote user="Winegum"]. [IMG]http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q259/bikesindordogne/Whatsitfor.jpg[/IMG][/quote]I thought it was a model of an alien with elaborate headress and earrings. Can no on else see him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Imagine what the speculum looked like? Being the curious Stephen King like-minded freak that I am, I googled 'medieval' and 'speculum' and I got this link. Don't worry nothing frightening - in fact I was disappointed[;-)]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Academy_of_America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winegum Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Tresco, yes I can see the alien! But going back to giving birth in the thing, if you push your feet out in the stirrups it must pull the bar back towards you ... maybe to bite on? And talking of things like speculums I wonder what their forceps were like? I did see a stout pair of fire tongs in that room! Eeeeek [:-))]Jude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 See it now ??????????????????????????????????????Sweet dreams...[kiss][IMG]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/biskitboyo/Whatsitfor.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Ahhhh. Isn't he sweet?. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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