Object Details
maker
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Description
Herbert Busher, a physician in St Paul, Minnesota, designed a hypodermic syringe particularly for the self-administration of insulin. This example was made by Becton-Dickinson in New Jersey. One label on the cardboard box reads “B-D INSULIN SYRINGE / For use with / 20 OR 40 UNIT INSULIN / BECTON, DICKIN-SON & CO., RUTHERFORD, N. J.” Another reads “DR. BUSHER’S / AUTOMATIC / INJECTOR / PAT. 1,845,O36.”
Ref: Herbert H. Busher, “Hypodermic Syringe,” U.S. Patent 1,845,036 (Feb. 16, 1932).
Herbert Busher, “Automatic Hypodermic Syringe for Self Administration of Insulin and Other Uses,” Journal of the American Medical Association 102 (1934): 1152.
Herbert Busher, “Automatic Hypodermic Injector,” Science 81 (1935): 256.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
date made
after 1932
patent date
1932-02-16
ID Number
MG.M-07852
catalog number
M-07852
accession number
223292
patent number
US1845036A
Object Name
syringe, insulin, with automatic injector
Other Terms
syringe kit; Hypodermic
Physical Description
glass (plunger material)
glass (barrel material)
glass (tip, force material)
steel (needle material)
steel (injector, automatic needle material)
Measurements
overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.525 cm x 4.445 cm
place made
United States: New Jersey, Rutherford
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Diabetes
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_730844