Sputum Flask

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Object Details

Description

This appears to be a “Discreet” sputum flask of the sort that was on the market by 1909. An inscription inside the lid reads "GERMANY."

Ref: “The ‘Discreet’ Sputum Flask,” Detroit Medical Journal 13 (1913): 71.

Arnold Carl Klebs (ed.), Tuberculosis (1909), p. 834.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1890s - early 1900s

ID Number

MG.M-11458.02

catalog number

M-11458.02

accession number

260557

Object Name

sputum flask

Physical Description

brass; rubber (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm

overall: 1 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 10.4775 cm x 6.35 cm

place made

Germany

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ffd7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1456884