Hypodermic Needles
name: label: maker
content: Becton, Dickinson and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box made to hold a dozen hypodermic needles (five of which survive), with an inscription that reads: “B-D / ERUSTO / FIRTH-BREARLY STAINLESS STEEL / HYPODERMIC NEEDLES / HAND HONED, TESTED, AND GUARANTEED / BECKTON, DICKINSON & CO. / RUTHERFORD, N.J.” The form was introduced in 1927 and termed “the needle that never rusts.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82861X03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needles
label: Object Name
content: needle set
label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Type
content: needles
label: Other Terms
content: Needles; Hypodermic; Gauge, 26; Length, 1/2
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leur-locked (needles(5) connector/connecting technique)
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.5875 cm