Syringe
name: label: maker
content: Willms
notes: label: Description
content: Metal syringe used by Augustus Clewell (1845-1911), a physician and pharmacist in Baltimore. An inscription in the lid of the box reads “WILLMS & CO. / MANUFACTURERS / SURGICAL / INSTRUMENTS / BALTIMORE, MD.” This firm was established in 1871 by Charles Willms and John Peter Willms, brothers from Germany.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.028
label: catalog number
content: 302606.028
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14157.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (barrel, fenestrated material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (handle, finger rest material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tip, screw material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 4.445 cm