Wright's Stain
name: label: manufacturer
content: E. Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: Clear glass bottle with metal screw cap, and a paper label that reads in part “E. LEITZ / NEW YORK 30 E 18th St. / WRIGHT'S STAIN / 10 grs / (Blood) / Microscopes and Laboratory Supplies.” Wright's stain, classically a mixture of eosin (red) and methylene (blue), facilitates the differentiation of blood cell types. James Homer Wright (1869-1928), a pathologist in Boston, devised the stain in 1902.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth M. Heller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0325.226
label: accession number
content: 1999.0325
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0325.226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Compound Dye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 2 15/16 in x in