Ethyl Eosin
notes: label: Description
content: Brown glass bottle with a black screw cap, and a paper label that reads in part “C.I. No. 770 Ethyl Eosin 25 gms / Alcohol Soluble Eosin / Certified for use in: Histology / Pharmaceutical Laboratories / NATIONAL ANILINE DIVISION / ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORPORATION. . .” Eosin is a red fluorescent dye discovered in 1874 by Heinrich Caro, Director of the German chemical company Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik. The name comes from Eos, the ancient Greek word for 'dawn' and the Greek goddess of the dawn. 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
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content: Antibody Initiative: Rabies
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: 1999.0325.018
label: accession number
content: 1999.0325
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0325.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aniline Dye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.6 cm x 5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in