Hypodermic Needles
name: label: maker
content: MacGregor Instrument Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box with inscription that reads “TRADE VIM MARK / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / ONE DOZEN / FIRTH-BREARLY / STAINLESS STEEL / HYPODERMIC NEEDLES / MACGREGOR INSTRUMENT CO. / NEEDHAM, MASS., U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Harry Brearly (1871-1948) was a self-trained chemist and metallurgist who held patents in several countries; organized the Firth-Brearly Stainless Steel Syndicate Ltd. and the American Stainless Steel Company; and played an important role in the development and use of stainless steel. Firth-Brearly needles were available by 1911 and advertised as “the needle that never clogs.” John Macgregor (1877-1957), an immigrant from Scotland, established the Macgregor Instrument Co. in 1914.
label: Description
content: Ref: Harold M. Cobb, The History of Stainless Steel (2010).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Needham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. R. G. McCall
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-14028.01
label: catalog number
content: M-14028.01
label: accession number
content: 297606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needles
label: Object Name
content: needle set
label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Type
content: needles
label: Other Terms
content: Needles; Hypodermic; Gauge, 25 Length, 5/8 in
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: forced (overall connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, stailess steel (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 7.3025 cm x .9525 cm