Pocket Sputum Flask
name: label: maker
content: Burnitol Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Disposable cardboard cup with “BURNITOL / ‘XL’ / POCKET SPUTUM FLASK” and “BURNITOL MANUFACTURING CO. / BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO / PATENT NUMBER 1,719,378 / MADE IN U.S.A.” inscriptions. The Aseptic Drinking Cup Co., of Boston, Ma., introduced the term “Burnitol” to commerce in 1906. The California branch of the firm was incorporated in 1939.
label: Description
content: Ref: Harry J. Potter, “Collapsible Receptacle,” U.S. Patent 888,653 (May 26, 1908), assigned to Burnitol Manufacturing Co.
label: Description
content: Harry J. Potter, “Sputum-Cup,” U.S. Patent 920,180 (May 4, 1909), assigned to Burnitol Manufacturing Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.325
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.325
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sputum cup
label: Object Type
content: Personal Hygiene Products
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 8.7 cm x 2.2 cm; 3 9/16 in x 3 7/16 in x 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 2.54 cm x 9.2075 cm x 9.2075 cm