Syringe
name: label: maker
content: Henry Aitken
notes: label: Description
content: Brass syringe with a “HENRY AITKEN / SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER / YORK” inscription on the tube. Henry Martin Aitken (1815-1874) was a surgical instrument maker in York, England.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Merck & Co., Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07701
label: catalog number
content: M-07701
label: accession number
content: 222969
label: accession number
content: 222969
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Non-Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (needles(3) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (tip, force material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (handle, double ring material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (plunger single ring material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (tip, force material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 20.5 cm x 7 cm; 1 9/16 in x 8 1/16 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 8 in x 3 in; 4.1275 cm x 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm