City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.061
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.061
Description
Metal and glass hypodermic syringe with a “DEWITT & HERZ, INC. GERMANY” inscription on the side of the plunger; and “RECORD / D & H” on the end of the plunger. Dewitt & Herz, an instrument firm in Berlin, introduced the form in 1906.
Brown glass bottle with a black screw cap, and a paper label that reads in part “GMS / THIONIN / (EHRLICH-HOYER) / For Histological, Bacteriological, Pathological and Bacteriological Staining C.I. No. 920 / Schultz No. 348, 2nd Ed. / PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES / NATIONAL ANILINE & CHEMICAL CO., INC. NEW YORK.”
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.062
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.062
Description
Glass syringe with steel fittings, in a cardboard box with a “JK RECORD SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.053
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.053
Description
Glass and metal syringe with a 10 cc. capacity, in a red cardboard box with a “BOSTON / RECORD / HYPODERMIC SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
Glass sterilization bottle with “MacBick” inscription on the side, and “PYREX” on the bottom. Daniel A. Cronin bought the hospital supply division of the Macalaster-Bicknell Co. in the late 1950s, renamed it MacBick, and moved it to Billerica, Ma.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.060
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.060
Description
Steel and glass syringe in a red cardboard box inscribed in part “BOSTON / RECORD / HYPODERMIC SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.