Syringe
name: label: maker
content: McElroy, Patrick J.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass syringe with a red paper label that reads “PATENTED SEPT. 24TH . . . / P. J. MC ELROY / GLASS / MANUFACTURER / EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS.” The syringe is encased in a wooden tube. Patrick J. McElroy was a practical glass blower who received his first patent in 1872 and who won an award at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876; his glass syringes were sold by many druggists across the country.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10699
label: catalog number
content: M-10699
label: accession number
content: 254866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Other Terms
content: Non-Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 5 5/8 in x 7/8 in; x 14.2875 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: syringe: 4 3/8 in x 1/2 in; x 11.1125 cm x 1.27 cm