Ether Can
date: label: Date made
content: 1858-1892
name: label: maker
content: Edward R. Squibb, M.D.
notes: label: Description
content: Metal can with paper label reading in part “STRONGER ETHER / FOR ANAESTHESIA” and “EDWARD R. SQUIBB, M.D. / BROOKLYN, N.Y.” Edward Robinson Squibb (1819-1900) was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia who served as a ship’s doctor with the U.S. Navy and then ran the medical station at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. In 1858 he started his own pharmaceutical firm.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of St. James General Store and Hartz Drug Company Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13865
label: catalog number
content: M-13865
label: accession number
content: 292537
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Ether, Stronger for Anaesthesia; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron; paper; tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 6.985 cm