Hypodermic Syringe Kit, Medical Department, U.S.A.
name: label: maker
content: C. J. Tagliabue Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Metal case containing one steel hypodermic syringe, two steel needles, and six glass cylinders containing atropine sulphate tablets and other injectable substances. The “TAG” inscription on the handle of the syringe refers to the C. J. Tagliabue Manufacturing Co. of New York. The inscription on the lid of the metal case reads “MEDICAL DEPT. / U.S.A.” This may have been used during World War I.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles J. Tagliabue, “Syringe,” U.S. Patent 325,132 (Aug. 25, 1885).
label: Description
content: Charles J. Tagliabue, “Case for Surgical Instruments,” U.S. Patent 713,530 (Nov. 11, 1902).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82851X04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: needles(2) (?? material)
label: Physical Description
content: syringe (?? material)
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content: vials(5) (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 3 1/2 in x 2 in x 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: sleeve: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm