American Sterilizer, Model 8816
name: label: Associated Name
content: Johns Hopkins University
label: maker
content: American Sterilizer Company
notes: label: Description
content: This item is part of a collection of equipment and instruments from the laboratory and clinic of allergist Dr. Leslie N. Gay (1891 - 1978). Gay received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1917. In 1923 he founded an allergy clinic at the university and served as director for 36 years. He and clinic colleague Paul E. Carliner developed Dramamine (dimenhydrinate), a preventative and cure for seasickness.
label: Description
content: This material was donated to the Smithsonian in 1979 by Gay’s son, Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
label: Description
content: [SEE: Gay L. N., Carliner P. E. (1949). The prevention and treatment of motion sickness. 1. Seasickness. <i>Science</i> 109, 359.]
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Erie
label: used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0306.06
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0306.06
label: accession number
content: 1979.0306
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sterilizer
label: Object Name
content: sterilizer
label: Object Name
content: autoclave
label: Other Terms
content: Sterilizer; Manufacturing and Dispensing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 44 cm x 31 cm x 56 cm; 17 5/16 in x 12 7/32 in x 22 1/16 in