Syringe (5 c.c.)
Syringe (5 c.c.)
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- Description
- Glass syringe with a “B-D YALE / Becton, Dickinson & Co. / MADE IN U.S.A.” and a “L / 79223” inscription. The label on the cardboard box indicates that this was made of “Resistance glass” and intended for hypodermic use, and based on Patent 2,684,556.
- Ref: Henry G. Molinari, “Machine and Method for Forming Syringe Barrels,” U.S. Patent 2,684,556 (July 27, 1954).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- syringe
- maker
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, East Rutherford
- Measurements
- overall: 11.3 cm; 4 7/16 in
- overall: syringe: 4 9/16 in x 1 in; 11.58875 cm x 2.54 cm
- overall: box: 1 1/16 in x 5 1/16 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.69875 cm x 12.85875 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- 1980.0186.146
- catalog number
- 1980.0186.146
- accession number
- 1980.0186
- patent number
- 2,684,556
- Credit Line
- Donation of George E. Burch, Jr., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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