Ethyl Chloride
notes: label: Description
content: Glass cylinder with paper label that reads in part “KELENE / PURE CHLORIDE OF ETHYL” and “FRIES BROS., / MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS / OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS / NEW YORK / WATSESSING” and “DISTRIBUTED BY MERCK & CO.” Kelene, also known as ethyl chloride, could be used as a local anestheic.
label: Description
content: Alexander Fries & Brothers was a New York firm formed by immigrants from Bavaria that specialized in scented oils and artificial food flavorings. By 1893 the firm was trading as Fries Bros.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ad for Fries Bros. Kelene in Denver Medical Times 26 (June 1907): 28.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09249
label: catalog number
content: M-09249
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ethyl Chloride
label: Object Name
content: anesthesia
label: Object Name
content: ethyl chloride
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Ethyl Chloride; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall as stored: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 7 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x 17.78 cm