The Novy Formaldehyde Generator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1898-1910
name: label: maker
content: Parke, Davis and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The “THE NOVY / FORMALDEHYDE GENERATOR / PARKE, DAVIS & CO.” inscription on this item refers to Frederick George Novy (1864-1957), an early and accomplished American bacteriologist who served as a professor at and dean of the Medical School of the University of Michigan. Formaldehyde was then used for disenfecting rooms.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Professor Novy’s Formaldehyde Generator—Simple, Efficient, and Economical,” Therapeutic Notes (Sept. 1898): 32-33; this was published by Parke, Davis & Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12870.01
label: catalog number
content: M-12870.01
label: accession number
content: 287162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Formaldehyde Generator
label: Object Name
content: formaldehyde generator
label: Object Name
content: room disinfector
label: Object Name
content: generator, formaldehyde
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (maximum assembled): 74 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm; 29 1/8 in x 15 3/4 in x 9 27/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/2 in x 12 in x 9 1/2 in; 74.93 cm x 30.48 cm x 24.13 cm