US Army, Testing Kit, Impregnite-In Clothing, M1
notes: label: Description
content: Test kit devised Edward Joseph Schantz, a biochemist who studied neurotoxins at the Army Biological Warfare Laboratories at Fort Detrick, Md., and then at the Food Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin.
label: Description
content: Ref: Edward J. Schantz, “Testing Kit for Impregnite in Clothing,” U.S. Patent 2,819,153 (January 7, 1958), assigned to the United States of America.
label: Description
content: “Shellfish Poison is Traced to Diet,” New York Times (April 8, 1960), p. 34.
label: Description
content: “Edward J. Schantz, 96, Pioneering Researcher of Toxins, Including Botox,” New York Times (May 4, 2005), p. C16.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edward J. Schantz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0190.06
label: accession number
content: 1995.0190
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0190.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: test kit
label: Object Name
content: test kit, effectiveness of protective clothing against chemical agents
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.2 cm x 5.1 cm x 11.5 cm; 5 31/32 in x 2 in x 4 17/32 in