Department of Health Serologic Test for Syphilis - State Hygienic Laboratory - Iowa City, Iowa
date: label: date made
content: after 1939
notes: label: Description
content: An Iowa State Department of Health laboratory test for syphilis. The object is composed of four parts: a mailing tube, two test tubes, and a form. The mailing tube is made of a cardboard tube with crimped metal ends and a threaded metal cap. A mailing label, printed in black ink, wraps around the tube, and reads "State Hygienic Laboratory, Iowa City, Iowa." The label can be unrolled from the tube to read further information. The two test tubes are colorless, transparent glass and have cork stoppers. One of the tubes has a paper label adhered to it that has printing in black ink reading "Department of Health Serologic Test for Syphilis" and has spaces to fill in patient information. The second tube has no label on it. The form is made of paper with black printing that reads "Iowa State Department of Health State Hygienic Laboratory, Medical Laboratories Building, Iowa City, Iowa." The form has fields for patient information (including name, age, sex, and race) and doctor information (including the option to select a "telegraphic report") and checkboxes that can be checked to indicated the type of specimen (blood or spinal fluid) and the purpose of the test (such as diagnosis, control of treatment, routine, marriage, or prenatal).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0108.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0108
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0108.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: diagnostic, syphilis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; cardboard (overall, packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall, paper insert material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass; cork; paper (overall, tubes material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, paper insert (flat): 3 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, glass tubes: 4 in x 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mailing label (flat): 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mailing tube: 5 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 3.81 cm