Tes-Tape, Urine Sugar Analysis Paper, M-73
date: label: date made
content: 1961-1963
label: product expiration date
content: 1964-02-01
label: trademark registration date
content: 1958-02-04
name: label: maker
content: Eli Lilly and Company
notes: label: Description
content: White and "silver" foil covered cardboard box with red and green print. Red pull-tab to open. 100 tests (approx). Do Not Dispense After Oct 1, 1963; Exp. Date Feb 1, 1964; 9116-791969; Directions printed on back of box. Box contains one green plastic dispenser with labels on both side. Back has directions for use and front side has color chart for interpreting results: yellow indicates sugar-free; light green, medium green, medium-dark, dark green indicate progressively higher levels of glucose: 1/10%, 1/4%, 1/2% , and 2% or more. The paper insert (revised Apr. 10, 1961) has directions on one side and includes a Patient's Record for recording tes-tape results on the other side.
label: Description
content: The Lilly company introduced Tes-Tape in 1956, the same year as Clinistix, a similar dry reagent strip, was made by Ames.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Diabetes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Margaret Sanger Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0531.058
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0531.058
label: accession number
content: 1982.0531
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological, box of
label: Object Name
content: test tape, urine sugar
label: Other Terms
content: biological, box of; Pharmaceutical; Diagnostic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foil (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.7 cm x 5.3 cm x 6.2 cm; 11/16 in x 2 1/16 in x 2 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.3975 cm x 6.35 cm