Hypodermic Syringe
date: label: Date made
content: 1919
name: label: Associated Name
content: Metsan Dental Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on this steel hypodermic syringe reads “. . .HYPO PAT. FEB. 11, 1919.” That on the cardboard box reads, in part: “METSAN DENTAL SYRINGE / NON-LEAKABLE / PATENTED FEB. 11. 1919 / BOILABLE.” The referenced patent was issued to Albert Bandman, a dentist and dental supply dealer in New York.
label: Description
content: Ref: Albert Bandman, “Syringe,” U.S. Patent 1,293,667 (Feb. 11, 1919).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260892.208
label: accession number
content: 260892
label: catalog number
content: 260892.208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.5 cm x 11 cm; x 2 9/16 in x 4 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm x 3.4925 cm