Suppository Machine
notes: label: Description
content: Suppository machine with a "Patent April 29, 1879" inscription. This was devised by Henry Renno Heyl (1842-1919), a prolific Philadelphia inventor, longtime member of The Franklin Institute, and recipient of the Scott medal (for a sewing machine) in 1882.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry R. Heyl, “Improvement in Apparatus for Molding Suppositories,” U.S. Patent 214,775 (April 29, 1879), assignor to Henry C. Archibald.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ida C. Williams in memory of Dr. Lawrence S. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03925
label: catalog number
content: M-03925
label: accession number
content: 134457
objectType: label: Object Name
content: suppository machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 in x 2 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm