Aloe Precision Tuberculin Syringe, 1 cc.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950s
name: label: maker
content: A. S. Aloe and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Syringe with an “ALOE PRECISION / U.S.A.” inscription. Inscriptions on the cardboard box read in part “ALOE PRECISION / Tuberculin Syringe / LUER TYPE” and “Distributed by / A. S. ALOE COMPANY.”
label: Description
content: In 1907, Clemens von Pirquet (1874-1929), an Austrian pediatrician, developed a skin test that put a small amount of tuberculin under the skin and measured the body's reaction. In 1908, Charles Mantoux (1877-1947), a French physician, updated the test by using a needle and syringe to inject the tuberculin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0895.002
label: accession number
content: 1980.0895
label: catalog number
content: 198.0895.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe, tuberculin
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (syringe material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (syringe material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/2 in x 5 in x 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: syringe: 4 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 1.5875 cm