Syringe
notes: label: Description
content: Charles Mantoux (1877-1947) was a French physician who, in 1907, developed a test for tuberculosis. This glass syringe with a platinum-iridium needle was designed for a test of that sort. The “LIEBERG” inscription on the metal case refers to an instrument firm in Kassel that made syringes and needles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06580
label: catalog number
content: M-06580
label: accession number
content: 197642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
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 (case, needle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (needles(2) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.445 cm