Hypodermic Syringe
name: label: Associated Name
content: Leiter, Joseph
label: maker
content: Leiter, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Hypodermic syringe in a metal case. The “LEITER / IN WIEN” inscription is that of Joseph Leiter (1830-1892), a surgical and medical instrument maker in Vienna who is best known for his contributions to the development of endoscopes.
label: Description
content: Ref: “A New Hypodermic Syringe,” The Medical Record 8 (1873): 630-631.
label: Description
content: Joseph Leiter, “Improvement in Hypodermic Syringes,” U.S. Patent 145,217 (Dec. 2, 1873), assigned to Ferdinand G. Otto and John Reynders, of New York.
label: Description
content: Joseph Leiter, “Improvement in Hypodermic Syringes,” U.S. Patent 159,192 (Jan. 26, 1875).
label: Description
content: .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06581
label: catalog number
content: M-06581
label: accession number
content: 197642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (needle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tip, force material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm