Iletin Insulin
Iletin Insulin
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- Description
- After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, several pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. One such was the Eli Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis, which adopted the term Iletin for its insulin. This turned wood canister holds a glass ampule made to contain Lilly U-10 Iletin brand insulin. The label refers to patents of Oct. 9, 1923 and Dec. 23, 1924.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Iletin, Insulin, U10
- pharmaceutical
- biological
- insulin
- Other Terms
- Iletin, Insulin, U10; Biologicals; Drugs
- date made
- ca 1930
- maker
- Eli Lilly and Company
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- Physical Description
- insulin (drug active ingredients)
- glass (container material)
- wood (container material)
- rubber (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.5 cm x 2.8 cm; 2 9/16 in x 1 3/32 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-02889.04
- catalog number
- M-02889.04
- accession number
- 111796
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eli Lilly & Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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