Syringe
Syringe
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- Description
- Consists of a small cylinder or tube with milled band at center that has an oval-handled plunger with grooved-top cap screwed on at one end and an integral conical nozzle at the other. Vertically-seamed shaft has a small washer above a black rubber seal at bottom. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- syringe
- date made
- 1845 - 1865
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- United States
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- rubber (seal material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0027.87
- catalog number
- 1986.0027.87
- accession number
- 1986.0027
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
- subject
- Medicine
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Health & Medicine
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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