Hypodermic Syringe

Description:

After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, several pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. This cardboard box contains one hypodermic needle and carries a text that reads in part “ONE LILLEY ASEPTIC GLASS / ILETIN SYRINGE No. 230 / Complete with two steel needles. Graduated to administer U-10 and U-20 Iletin” and “ELI LILLEY AND COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A.” The inscription on the syringe reads “Lilley 993 / NO. 230-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.

Date Made: ca 1930

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: 1982.0498.12Catalog Number: 1982.0498.12Accession Number: 1982.0498

Object Name: syringe, insulin

Physical Description: metal (needles material)glass (syringe 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: 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.27 cmbox: 1 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 13/16 in; 3.4925 cm x 8.5725 cm x 2.06375 cm

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Record Id: nmah_1347090

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