Hypodermic Syringe
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
name: label: maker
content: Tiemann, George
notes: label: Description
content: Hypodermic syringe with steel frame and graduated glass barrel, made by Tieman & Co. in New York. The patent date of October 9, 1877 seen in an advertisement for this item leads to Edward Pfarre (1825-1898), a surgical instrument maker who became a partner in George Tiemann & Co. when that firm was formed in 1855
label: Description
content: Ref: Edward Pfarre, “Improvement in Hypodermic-Syringe Bottles,” U.S. Patent 195,945 (Oct. 9, 1877).
label: Description
content: G. Tiemann & Co., American Armamentarium Chirugicum (New York, 1879), p. 73.
label: Description
content: Noyes Bros. & Cutler, Illustrated Catalogue of Surgical, Dental and Veterinary Instruments (St. Paul, 1888), p. 79.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06585
label: catalog number
content: M-06585
label: accession number
content: 197642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (needle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tip, screw material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 5/8 in; x 10.16 cm x 1.5875 cm