Smith Tube
notes: label: Description
content: Theobald Smith (1859-1934), an epidemiologist then working at the Bureau of Animal Industry, introduced this type of fermentation tube in 1893.
label: Description
content: Ref: Theobald Smith, “Fermentation Tube with Special Reference to Anaerobiosis and Gas Production among Bacteria,” Wilder Quarter Century Book (Ithaca, N.Y., 1893): 187-233.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
title: label: Title
content: Bent Angle Smith Tube from the New York City Department of Health Laboratories
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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: New York City Public Health Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.077.1
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.077.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tube, smith
label: Object Name
content: public health
label: Object Type
content: tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 9.3 cm x 4.2 cm; 6 1/2 in x 3 21/32 in x 1 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: tube: 2 cm; 25/32 in