Parke Davis No. 2 Hypodermatic Case with Syringe
date: label: date made
content: 1908-1918
name: label: maker
content: Parke, Davis and Company
label: maker
content: C. J. Tagliabue Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Metal case with a “PARKE DAVIS & CO. / CASE NO. 2” inscription, containing one hypodermic syringe and six glass vials. The inscription on the side of the syringe reads “PARKE DAVIS & CO.” One vial contains hypodermic needles. The others contain hypodermic tablets including atropine, nitroglycerine, strychnine, morphine, and caffeine. Despite the inscriptions, the syringe, needles, and case were made by the C. J. Tagliabue Manufacturing Co. in Brooklyn. The tablets were produced by Parke, Davis & Company of Detroit.
label: Description
content: The Museum Accession Papers indicate that the set was seized under the auspices of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act. This Act, proposed by Rep. Francis Burton Harrison of New York, and approved on December 17, 1914, regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates and coca products. The set was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1919 along with 31 other specimens of opium, opiates, and drug paraphernalia intended for a small exhibit on opium and opium products.
label: Description
content: Ref: Parke, Davis & Co., Descriptive Catalogue of the Laboratory Products of Parke, Davis & Company (Detroit, 1894), p. 77.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Bureau of Internal Revenue, Dept. of the Treasury; Accession 64227 (1919)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-00762
label: catalog number
content: M-00762
label: accession number
content: 64227
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Hypodermic; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (vials(7) material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (needle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (handle, finger rest material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tip, screw material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork; cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, cardboard box: 1 1/4 in x 4 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 10.16 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, metal case: 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 6 cm x 10.1 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 31/32 in