Hypodermic Needles
name: label: maker
content: Randall-Faichney Company
label: maker
content: Randall-Faichney Company
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.488
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needles
label: Object Name
content: needle set
label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Type
content: needles
label: Other Terms
content: Needles; Hypodermic; Gauge, 25 Length, 1/2 in
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: screwed (?? connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: 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