Iletin Insulin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Eli Lilly and Company
notes: label: Description
content: After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, several pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. One such was the Eli Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis, which adopted the term Iletin for its insulin. This turned wood canister holds a glass ampule made to contain Lilly U-10 Iletin brand insulin. The label refers to patents of Oct. 9, 1923 and Dec. 23, 1924.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eli Lilly & Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02889.04
label: catalog number
content: M-02889.04
label: accession number
content: 111796
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Iletin, Insulin, U10
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: insulin
label: Other Terms
content: Iletin, Insulin, U10; Biologicals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: insulin (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 2.8 cm; 2 9/16 in x 1 3/32 in