Syringe
Syringe
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- Description
- Glass syringe with a red paper label that reads in part: “MANUFACTURED / P. J. / MC ELROY / WEST CAMBRIDGE, MA.” Inscription on the carboard box read in part: “SAFETY-TRIUMPH / ASEPTIC GLASS SYRINGE / (McElroy Mineral Packed) / The Randall-Faichney Co., Inc. / Boston, U.S.A.” Patrick J. McElroy was a “practical glass blower” whose syringes were available by the 1880s and sold by druggists across the country.
- Ref: Randall-Faichney ad in Annals of Gynecology and Pediatry 15 (1902).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- syringe
- Other Terms
- Non-Hypodermic
- Physical Description
- glass (plunger material)
- glass (barrel material)
- glass (tip material)
- Measurements
- box: 1 in x 5 in x 1 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm
- syringe: 5 5/8 in x 3/4 in; x 14.2875 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-07263
- catalog number
- M-07263
- accession number
- 220891
- Credit Line
- John C. Helenore
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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