Acid Fuchsin
notes: label: Description
content: Glass jar with paper label that reads “C. I. No. 692 ACID FUCHSIN 10 gms / (Rubine S) / Certified for use in: Histology, Andrade Indicator / Pharmaceutical Laboratories / NATIONAL ANILINE DIVISION / ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORPORATION / . . .” Fuchsin, also called Magenta, was the second synthetic dye material to be produced from coal-tar derivatives. Jakub Natanson created fuchsine from aniline and 1,2-Dichloroethane in 1856. August Wilhelm von Hofmann obtained it from aniline and carbon tetrachloride in 1858. François-Emmanuel Verguin also discovered fuchsine in that year and obtained a French patent. This sample was collected by Richard E. Heller (1908-1998), a surgeon affiliated with the Northwestern University Medical School.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth M. Heller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0325.008
label: accession number
content: 1999.0325
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0325.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aniline Dye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.6 cm x 3.3 cm; 2 5/8 in x 1 5/16 in