Commode chair

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Fixed wooden toilet chair
Shower and toilet wheelchairs made of metal and plastic

The commode chair , also commode and earlier commode was as if the beginning of the 20th century in general toilets were still outside the apartment or even house, is used to defecating or urinating to do in your own home. At the time, the commode stool usually consisted of a closed box or cabinet with an opening on the top. This opening was closed by a hinged lid. The stool contained a pewter or earthenware pot which caught the feces . Some toilet chairs could also be used as bedside tables .

According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the toilet chair was first mentioned in 1410, although similar constructions were used in ancient times to simplify the removal of the placenta after a birth. In the early modern period there was the office of the groom of the stool at the English royal court , a high-ranking courtier who assisted the king with the use of the toilet chair and the ablution. Due to the high degree of familiarity with the monarch, the office developed over the centuries into an influential function, which at times also included the administration of royal finances. In 1901 the office was abolished.

These days, commode chairs are widely used in the care of the elderly . People with walking difficulties benefit from this in particular. Toilet chairs are recognized by the health insurance companies as aids and are listed in the list of resources of the statutory health insurance under number 33.40.04.0. There are also toilet wheelchairs that have four wheels and are also used to transport the person requiring care. Waterproof designs are referred to as shower toilet (roll) chairs.

See also

literature

  • John Gloag: close stool, close stool chair , in: A Short Dictionary of Furniture . Revised New edition 1969
  • Stephan Kohl (Red.): The quiet place. Taboo and cleanliness at court . Accompanying volume for the traveling exhibition of the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-02285-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Grammarphobia - Between two stools
  2. ↑ Cf. Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris, Charles-Prosper Ollivier, Jacques Raige-Delorme: Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, Vol. 1, Paris, Béchet Jeune, 1828 ( online ), pages 23-24
  3. ↑ cf. The history of the toilet chair
  4. ↑ Toilet chairs in the list of resources. In: Rehadat. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .

Web links

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