Ethyl Chloride
name: label: maker
content: Stratford-Cookson Company
notes: label: Description
content: Glass cylinder in a cardboard box with inscriptions that read in part “U.S.P. 100 Gram GLASS MEDIUM U.S.P / ETHYL CHLORIDE / MANUFACTURED BY / STRATFORD-COOKSON CO. / 261-263 S. 3RD STREET PHILADELPHIA 6, PA. U.S.A.” Ethyl chloride (aka chloroethane) was used as an anesthesia, a solvent, or a refrigerant. The Stratford-Cookson Co. began in business, as such, in 1913.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Worcester Aid to Children through Charlene Key Sokal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1077.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1077.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 1/8 in x 8 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 21.2725 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 7 1/4 in x 2 in x 1 3/8 in; 18.415 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.4925 cm