Syringe
notes: label: Description
content: This seems to be an example of the “All metal, dental syringe, improved” sold by Parke, Davis & Co. The “PRINZ” inscription refers to Hermann Prinz (1868-1957), a prominent dentist from Germany who moved to the United States in 1896, and taught in St. Louis and then in Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: Ref: Parke, Davis & Co., A Manual of Therapeutics (Detroit, 1909). p. 218.
label: Description
content: Hermann Prinz, Dental Materia Medica and Therapeutics (St. Louis, 1909), p. 469.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Hermann Prinze, Scientist, Educator,” New York Times (Nov. 26, 1957), p. 33.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09221
label: catalog number
content: M-09221
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Name
content: syringe, dental
label: Other Terms
content: Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (plunger, thumb rest material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (handle, finger rest material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (tip, screw material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm