Hypodermic Syringe
name: label: Associated Name
content: Roehr Products
label: maker
content: Roehr Products
notes: label: Description
content: Plastic hypodermic syringe with a “monoject” inscription. Zbislaw Roehr (1902-1970) was born in Poland, emigrated to the United States in 1939, and established a medical supply firm in Waterbury, Ct. Roehr Products began manufacturing disposable hypodermic needles in 1955 and introduced the term “monoject” in 1957. Three years later, when Brunswick Corp. acquired the firm, Roehr Products was described as the “leading maker of disposable hypodermic needles and sterile disposable hypodermic syringes.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William C. DeVries, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0200.08
label: accession number
content: 2010.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0200.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 1 in; 2.2225 cm x 19.685 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 2.5 cm x 19.6 cm; 7/8 in x 31/32 in x 7 23/32 in