Syringe
Syringe
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- Description
- This seems to be an example of the “All metal, dental syringe, improved” offered by Parke, Davis & Co. The “PRINZ” inscription on the barrel refers to Hermann Prinz (1868-1957), a prominent dentist from Germany who moved to the United States in 1896, taught in St. Louis and then in Philadelphia, and promoted the use of Novocaine.
- Ref: Parke, Davis & Co., A Dental Manual of Therapeutics and Materia Medica (Detroit, 1905), p. 59.
- Hermann Prinz, Dental Materia Medica and Therapeutics (St. Louis, 1909), p. 469.
- “Dr. Hermann Prinze, Scientist, Educator,” New York Times (Nov. 26, 1957), p. 33.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Syringe
- Other Terms
- Syringe; Hypodermic
- maker
- Parke, Davis and Company
- Physical Description
- metal, steel (needle, abscess material)
- metal, steel (barrel, fenestrated material)
- metal, steel (handle, finger rest material)
- metal, steel (tip, screw material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- MG.260892.218
- accession number
- 260892
- catalog number
- 260892.218
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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