Dr. Geo. Leininger's Solidified Formaldehyde
name: label: maker
content: International Chemical Co.
notes: label: Description
content: White ceramic jar with green label reading “Dr Geo Leininger's Formaldehyde / Chicago.”
label: Description
content: Ref: J. P. Thorne, M.D., “Formaldehyde and Its Use,” Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery 7 (1900): lxxxii.
label: Description
content: Ad for Dr. George Leininger’s solidified formaldehyde and for his formaldehyde generator, in The Alkaloidal Clinic 7 (1900): 37.
label: Description
content: George Leininger, “Vaporizer for Disinfectants,” U.S. Patent 930,977 (Aug. 10, 1909), assigned to International Chemical Co., of Chicago.
label: Description
content: “DR. GEORGE LEININGER,” New York Times (July 18, 1935), p. 19.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0883.268
label: accession number
content: 1978.0883
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0883.268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Formaldehyde
label: Object Name
content: Disinfectant, Formaldehyde
label: Object Type
content: formaldehyde
label: Other Terms
content: Formaldehyde; Disinfectant, Formaldehyde; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 6 cm; 2 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in