Faichney's Insulin Hypodermic Needle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s
name: label: maker
content: Faichney Instrument Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Hypodermic needle in a cardboard box with a “FAICHNEY / INSULIN NEEDLE” inscription. The Faichney Instrument Co. was formed in 1888 and began by manufacturing mercury-in-glass thermometers. This needle was made after the discovery of insulin in 1921.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Watertown
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
title: label: Title
content: Hypodermic Needle
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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: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.809
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.809
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: needle
label: Object Name
content: needle, insulin
label: Object Name
content: syringe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (needle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 1 31/32 in x 31/32 in x 23/32 in
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 in x 2 in x 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: needle, bagged: 1 5/8 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm