Medicine Case, Doctor's Buggy
notes: label: Description
content: Wood chest with metal hinges, latches, and reinforced corners. The chest contains glass drug bottles and vials and a syringe kit. It was used by donor's father, Edwin Landis Detwiler, M.D., in his medical practice in Herndon, Virginia, 1886-1916. According to his obituary, Dr. Landis graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1886, and was a member of the Medical Society of Virginia and the Fairfax County Medical Society. He died "suddenly" on February 29, 1916, aged 56.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William S. Detwiler, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12306
label: catalog number
content: M-12306
label: accession number
content: 279577
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drug Kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (drugs(47) material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (drugs(47) material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (syringe kit material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 14 in x 7 1/8 in; 20.32 cm x 35.56 cm x 18.0975 cm