Hypodermic Syringe
date: label: date made
content: before 1978
label: date made
content: after 1940
name: label: maker
content: Becton, Dickinson and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Hypodermic kit with glass syringe and two steel needles. Inscriptions read “B-D YALE / Becton-Dickinson & Co.” and “4872Y.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Fairleigh S. Dickinson, “Hypodermic Syringe,” U.S. Patent 1,742,497 (Jan. 7, 1930).
label: Description
content: Fairleigh S. Dickinson, “Hypodermic Syringe and Needle Therefor,” U.S. Patent 1,793,068 (Feb. 17, 1931).
label: Description
content: Fairleigh S. Dickinson, “Hypodermic Syringe Needle Hub,” U.S Patent 2,076,121 (April 6, 1937).
label: Description
content: Fairleigh S. Dickinson, “Hypodermic Needle,” U.S. Patent 2,211,537 (Aug. 30, 1940).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Boericke and Tafel Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.311682.0194
label: catalog number
content: 311682.0194
label: accession number
content: 311682
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe, hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (syringe material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (needles material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (instructions material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 8.255 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 8.255 cm x 4.445 cm