Syringe
notes: label: Description
content: Glass syringe with a red paper label that reads in part: “MANUFACTURED / P. J. / MC ELROY / WEST CAMBRIDGE, MA.” Inscription on the carboard box read in part: “SAFETY-TRIUMPH / ASEPTIC GLASS SYRINGE / (McElroy Mineral Packed) / The Randall-Faichney Co., Inc. / Boston, U.S.A.” Patrick J. McElroy was a “practical glass blower” whose syringes were available by the 1880s and sold by druggists across the country.
label: Description
content: Ref: Randall-Faichney ad in Annals of Gynecology and Pediatry 15 (1902).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John C. Helenore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07263
label: catalog number
content: M-07263
label: accession number
content: 220891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Other Terms
content: Non-Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (tip material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 in x 5 in x 1 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: syringe: 5 5/8 in x 3/4 in; x 14.2875 cm x 1.905 cm