Syringe
name: label: maker
content: Wyeth Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Stainless-steel syringe with a “TUBEX-Wyeth-TUBEX” inscription. The Tubex system, developed by the Wyeth company during World War II, consisted of a drug-filled glass cartridge with attached sterile needle that fit into a reusable metal syringe. Wyeth introduced the system in 1957, claiming that it “SAVES TIME, WORK, MONEY to the Modern Hospital.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Wyeth ad in American Journal of Nursing 57 (1957).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.210 [dup1]
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.210
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 in x .75 cm x 1.8 cm; 10.795 cm x 5.08 cm x 9/32 in x 23/32 in