Remington Self-Check Kit, Immuno-diagnostic Test for Pregnancy
date: label: date made
content: 1970-1971
notes: label: Description
content: The “REMINGTON SCIENTIFIC” inscription in the lid of this pregnancy test kit refers to a one-man mail-order firm that was led by Robert A. Lerner, and located in Albertson, Nassau County, N.Y. The kit was on the market by 1970 and advertised in college newspapers. The components were made by Organon, Inc., in New Jersey.
label: Description
content: Ref: “U.S. Opposing Sale of Pregnancy Test,” Newsday (March 18, 1971), p. 11.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Albertson
topic: label: Subject
content: Pregnancy
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Diagnostic Equipment
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cecily Stone Lerner, through Roger J. Lerner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0224.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0224.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diagnostic test, pregnancy, HCG
label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: diagnostic, pregnancy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (instruction sheet material)
label: Physical Description
content: HCG antiserum (freeze dried) (reagent material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (box closed): 3.3 cm x 9.3 cm x 8 cm; 1 5/16 in x 3 21/32 in x 3 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 5.2 cm x 1.6 cm; 2 1/16 in x 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: dropper: 10.1 cm x 1.2 cm; 3 31/32 in x 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: vial: 4.7 cm x 1.2 cm; 1 27/32 in x 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: mirror: 3.2 cm x 7.6 cm x .2 cm; 1 1/4 in x 3 in x 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: instructions: 14.5 cm x 21.2 cm; 5 23/32 in x 8 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: pamphlet: 11.6 cm x 13.9 cm; 4 9/16 in x 5 15/32 in