Syringe Kit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915
label: patent date
content: 1885-08-25
name: label: maker
content: Parke, Davis and Company
label: maker
content: C. J. Tagliabue Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Metal case containing one steel and glass hypodermic syringe, three vials of an injectable substance, and one vial of aseptic needles. The “PAT. AUG. 25 1885” inscription on the syringe refers to Charles J. Tagliabue, a New York instrument maker. The “SCHIMMEL’S PATENT” inscription on the vial of needles refers to Gustav R. Schimmel of Detroit. The “PARKE DAVIS & CO.” inscription on the vials refers to a pharmaceutical firm that began in business as such in 1871.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles J. Tagliabue, “Syringe,” U.S. Patent 325,132 (Aug. 25, 1885).
label: Description
content: Charles J. Tagliabue, “Case for Surgical Instruments,” U.S. Patent 713,530 (Nov. 11, 1902).
label: Description
content: Gustav R. Schimmel, “Hypodermic Needle,” U.S. Patent 918,774 (April 20, 1909).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.239
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.239
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Kit, Syringe
label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: morphine sulphate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nitroglycerin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin(?) (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9 cm x 4.5 cm x 2 cm; 3 9/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 13/16 in