Hypodermic needle in a cardboard box with a “FAICHNEY / INSULIN NEEDLE” inscription. The Faichney Instrument Co. was formed in 1888 and began by manufacturing mercury-in-glass thermometers. This needle was made after the discovery of insulin in 1921.
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