Syringe
Syringe
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- Description
- Metal and glass hypodermic syringe with a “DEWITT & HERZ, INC. GERMANY” inscription on the side of the plunger; and “RECORD / D & H” on the end of the plunger. Dewitt & Herz, an instrument firm in Berlin, introduced the form in 1906.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- syringe, hypodermic
- public health
- user
- City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- metal, steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 cm x.8 cm; 2 3/8 in x 5/16 in
- ID Number
- 2017.0184.061
- accession number
- 2017.0184
- catalog number
- 2017.0184.061
- Credit Line
- Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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