Syringe
notes: label: Description
content: Steel syringe designed for the administration of Novocain, with a “NOVO IMPERIAL” inscription on one side of the tube, and “THE RANDALL-FAICHNEY INC. / BOSTON, U.S.A.” inscription on the other. Procain was synthesized by Alford Einhorn, a German chemist, in 1905 and, under the trade name Novocain, used for medical purposes as early as 1906. Randall-Faichney was offering its Imperial all-metal dental syringe by 1905, and its Novo Imperial by 1916.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09226
label: catalog number
content: M-09226
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringes
label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Name
content: syringe, dental
label: Other Terms
content: Syringes; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (barrell material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tip, screw material)
label: Physical Description
content: handle, finger rest (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (plunger, thumb rest material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 12.065 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.5875 cm