Suction-powered Breast Pump
I had no idea that non-manual breast pumps haven’t even been around as long as computers. For as much of a frustration as my friends go through to pump their milk at work, I can’t imagine the pain and time it took to get breast milk through suction or hand-pump devices.
Druggist’s Ready Reference, issued by Morrison, Plummer & Co., importers and jobbers in drugs. 1887.
Source: archive.org