Pocket Sputum Flask
name: label: maker
content: Burnitol Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Disposable cardboard cup with a “BURNITOL / ‘XL’ / POCKET SPUTUM FLASK” inscription. The Aseptic Drinking Cup Co., of Boston, Ma., introduced the term “Burnitol” to commerce in 1906.
label: Description
content: Ref: Harry J. Potter, “Collapsible Receptacle,” U.S. Patent 888,653 (May 26, 1908), assigned to Burnitol Manufacturing Co.
label: Description
content: Harry J. Potter, “Sputum-Cup,” U.S. Patent 920,180 (May 4, 1909), assigned to Burnitol Manufacturing Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.324
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.324
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sputum cup
label: Object Type
content: Personal Hygiene Products
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 8.7 cm x 2.2 cm; 3 9/16 in x 3 7/16 in x 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 9.2075 cm x 8.89 cm