Hypodermic Syringe

Description:

Cardboard box containing one hypodermic needle, and carrying a text that reads in part “LILLY’S ILETIN SYRINGE NO. 280” AND “ELI LILLY & CO. Indianapolis, U.S.A.” The inscription on the needle tube reads “Lilly 35787 / NO. 280 ILETIN SYRINGE / ELI LILLY & CO. INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A.” Iletin was the Eli Lilly trade name for insulin. The firm filed for a trademark on the term in 1922.

In the early 1920s, Eli Lilly collaborated with the research team at the University of Toronto to develop the commercial manufacture of insulin. Along with the production of insulin, the company marketed accessories such as insulin syringe kits and testing kits for urine sugar.

Date Made: ca 1940

Maker: Eli Lilly and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Diabetes

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Credit Line: Gift of Eli Lilly and Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0498.13Catalog Number: 1982.0498.13Accession Number: 1982.0498

Object Name: syringe, insulin

Physical Description: glass (syringe material)metal (needles material)cardboard (box material)Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 8.5725 cm x 3.81 cmsyringe: 8.8 cm x 1.8 cm; 3 7/16 in x 11/16 inbox: 3.6 cm x 8.4 cm x 2.1 cm; 1 7/16 in x 3 5/16 in x 13/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-9b11-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1347069

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