Syringe
name: label: maker
content: Meinecke and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Metal case containing a glass syringe of 25 mm and 1.5 milliters with red markings, four metal needles of various sizes, and a spare mechanism for holding needles. All stored on and covered by layers of cotton. This syringe was used as part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Surgical instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Midwife Kit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0128.04
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (part: syringe material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (part: needles material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: needles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.89 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: syringe: 6.6 cm x 1.2 cm; 2 19/32 in x 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.9 cm x 2.7 cm x 2 cm; 3 1/2 in x 1 1/16 in x 25/32 in