A chamber pot is a small usually ceramic bowl with a handle that is primarily used for urinating or defecation by medical patients who are bed ridden.
It was not fun emptying chamber pots every morning, but someone had to do it.
Yes! They used them into the 1900s!
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It is unknown who invented the Chamber pot, however, the earliest chamber pots were discovered in greece.
Yes a long time ago though
Chamber pots were used as portable toilets in the 19th century, providing a convenient and private way for people to relieve themselves indoors, especially at night. They were commonly kept under beds or in bedrooms for easy access.
Such chamber pots are selling online for about $130 as of June 2013.
Back then, before toilets have been invented, people used outhouses, chamber pots, honey buckets, and holes in the ground. After using such means, people usually have to clear them, and there in the past in the olden days, there is a job specially created to clear such buckets, chamber pots and such.the people also used ditches and buckets and just anything they could go in but now we have the toilets we use now.They held it in until they invested an out house
A chamber pot was a ceramic or metal pot used in bedrooms to serve as a toilet. It was placed in a wooden bench or nice piece of furniture. It had a lid to cover the chamber pot. There were chamber maids who had to empty the chamber pots and clean them thoroughly. We have commodes today that serve the same purpose for sick and disabled people.
a few synonyms for da word chamber pot are bedpan, chamber, jerry, jordan, pisspot, potty thunder mug. These are all from dictionary.com
your buying some expensive pot
In the 1800s, common types of toilets included chamber pots, outhouses, and early versions of indoor flush toilets.