Syringe

Description:

The inscriptions on this plastic syringe read “STYLEX” and “DISCARD AFTER USE.” Don Baxter, Inc. applied for a trademark on the term STYLEX in 1958; and Pharmaseal Laboratories, an affiliate of that firm, began advertising disposable plastic hypodermic syringes, with and without needles.

Maker: Don Baxter Intravenous Products Corp.

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0165.124Catalog Number: 2012.0165.124Accession Number: 2012.0165

Object Name: syringe

Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.81 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-bc18-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1434334

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