Lilly Iletin Syringe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Eli Lilly and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This metal case contains two metal needles, and a graduated glass syringe with an inscription that reads in part “Lilly / ILETIN SYRINGE.” Iletin was the Eli Lilly & Co. trade name for insulin. The inscription on the case reads “Lilly / ASEPTIC.”
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 Eli Lilly & Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02888
label: catalog number
content: M-02888
label: accession number
content: 111796
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit, insulin
label: Other Terms
content: syringe kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (tip, force material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (handle, finger rest material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (needles(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (tip, screw material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm