Syringe Kit

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Anti-toxin syringe kit, open box, syringe out of box
Anti-toxin syringe kit, closed box
Anti-toxin syringe kit, open box
From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'
Anti-toxin syringes
Anti-toxin syringes and Anti-Diphtheritic Serum No. 3, 1500 anti-toxin units/vial
Description:

The case lid is stamped "ANTITOXIN SYRINGE.” The date of April 7, 1891 is stamped on the barrel. This was designed and manufactured by Anton Molinari in Woodbridge, N.J.

Ref: Anton Molinari, “Piston for Syringes,” U.S. Patent 449,883 (April 7, 1891).

Date Made: ca 1920Patent Date: 1891-04-07

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, The Antibody Initiative, Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections, Modern Medicine and the Great War

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Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor P. Custis

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-07851Catalog Number: M-07851Accession Number: 223292

Object Name: syringe kit, antitoxinOther Terms: Hypodermic

Physical Description: glass (overall material)metal, steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 5 in x 2 in; 1.905 cm x 12.7 cm x 5.08 cmoverall: 2 cm x 12.2 cm x 5 cm; 25/32 in x 4 13/16 in x 1 31/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-05b0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_730820

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