Syringe (2.5 c.c.)
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: maker
content: Becton, Dickinson and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Plastic syringe with inscriptions that read “B-D GLASPAK / MADE IN U.S.A.” and “DISCARDIT.” Becton-Dickinson began using the term “DISCARDIT” in 1957, and the term “Glaspak” in 1958.
label: Description
content: Ref: Becton-Dickinson ad in The American Journal of Nursing 58 (October 1958): 1421-1422.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Becton, Dickinson and Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0198.127
label: accession number
content: 2007.0198
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0198.127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe, hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: syringe: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.905 cm