Eosin alc.
name: label: maker
content: Dr. G. Grubler & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass jar with paper label that reads “Eosin alc. / Dr. G. Grubler & Co. Leipzig.” Eosin is a red fluorescent dye discovered in 1874 by Heinrich Caro, Director of the German chemical company Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik. The name Eosin comes from Eos, the ancient Greek word for 'dawn' and the Greek goddess of the dawn. George Grubler (1850-) was a pharmacist in Leipzig who began making artificial dyes in 1880.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Antibody Initiative: Rabies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth M. Heller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0325.162
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0325.162
label: accession number
content: 1999.0325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aniline Dye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.9 cm x 2.2 cm; 2 5/16 in x 7/8 in