Dyna Med Disposable Obstetrical Kit
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1970s
notes: label: Description
content: Obstetrical kit made by Dyna Med Incorporated (DMI)/Dynamed Corporation, a company in Leucadia, California and Mount Vernon, New York. The kit includes 1 pair of disposable sterile gloves, 1 disposable sheet, 2 alcohol wipes, 2 moist towelettes (OB Towelettes), 2 umbilical cord clamps, 1 disposable scalpel, 6 oversponges, 1 bulb aspirator, 1 receiving blanket, 1 obstetrical pad, 1 plastic bag, 6 disposable towels, and 2 nylon tie offs. The kit also includes a surgical mask. There is a pink piece of paper attached to the inside of the lid titled "Contents" which lists everything included, as well as 3 illustrations for how to apply the cord clamp. The DMI logo is present as well as the address, 625 North Vulcan Avenue, Leucadia, CA 92024, telephone (714)753-0133. The kit is packaged in a brown cardboard box. The outside of the box has the name printed in black with a red DMI logo.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Encinitas, Leucadia
topic: label: Subject
content: Obstetrics
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Women's Health Products
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Martin Burke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0003.04
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0003.04
label: accession number
content: 1982.0003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: obstetrical kit, disposable
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (bulb aspirator, umbilical cord clamps material)
label: Physical Description
content: 70% isopropyl alcohol (alcohol wipes active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: gauze (contents material)
label: Physical Description
content: latex (gloves material)
label: Physical Description
content: benzalkonium chloride; chlorothymol; 5% alcohol (towlettes active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic; metal (scalpel material)
label: Physical Description
content: 5% alcohol (contents active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: container: 8.4 cm x 30.8 cm x 18.7 cm; 3 5/16 in x 12 1/8 in x 7 3/8 in