Hypodermic Needles
Hypodermic Needles
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- Description
- Cardboard package made to hold a dozen steel hypodermic needles (only 7 survive) for dental anesthetic. The inscription reads “CONTINENTAL / Dental Needles / HEX HUB / RANDALL-FAICHNEY / CORPORATION / BOSTON U.S.A.” This probably dates from the early twentieth century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Needles
- needle set
- syringe
- Object Type
- needles
- Other Terms
- Needles; Hypodermic; Gauge, 25 Length, 1/2 in
- maker
- Randall-Faichney Company
- Randall-Faichney Company
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- screwed (?? connector/connecting technique)
- metal, steel (?? material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 7.9375 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- MG.291116.488
- accession number
- 291116
- catalog number
- 291116.488
- Credit Line
- Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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