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.
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