Suppository Machine
name: label: maker
content: Whitall, Tatum and Company
notes: label: Description
content: One inscription here reads “WHITALL, TATUM CO. / NEW YORK PHILA BOSTON.” Another reads “W.T. CO. NO 3 SUPPOSITORY MACHINE - PAT. MCH 26TH.'95.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles A. Tatum, “Suppository Machine,” U.S. Patent 536,240 (March 27, 1895), assigned to Whitall, Tatum & Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10913
label: catalog number
content: M-10913
label: accession number
content: 259201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Suppository
label: Object Name
content: suppository machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (mold inserts(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (mold inserts(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/16 in x 8 3/16 in x 12 7/8 in; 20.79625 cm x 20.79625 cm x 32.7025 cm