Lilly Iletin Syringe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Eli Lilly and Company
notes: label: Description
content: After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. This cardboard box contains a hypodermic needle in a metal case, a glass bottle for alcohol, and related material. A label reads in part: “LILLY’S ASEPTIC SYRINGE NEEDLE / NO. 65 / (PATENT 1,625,035)” and “ELI LILLY & COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Eli Lily, “Hypodermic Kit,” U.S. Patent 1,625,035 (April 19, 1927).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Diabetes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eli Lilly and Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02887
label: catalog number
content: M-02887
label: accession number
content: 111796
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit, insulin
label: Other Terms
content: syringe kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottles(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (dropper material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (tip, force material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (case, needle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (handle, finger rest material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (needles(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (caps(3) material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 17.145 cm x 15.5575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 17 cm x 15.4 cm; 2 3/8 in x 6 11/16 in x 6 1/16 in