Object Details
maker
Eli Lilly and Company
Description
Cardboard box containing one hypodermic needle, and carrying a text that reads in part “LILLY’S ILETIN SYRINGE NO. 280” AND “ELI LILLY & CO. Indianapolis, U.S.A.” The inscription on the needle tube reads “Lilly 35787 / NO. 280 ILETIN SYRINGE / ELI LILLY & CO. INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A.” Iletin was the Eli Lilly trade name for insulin. The firm filed for a trademark on the term in 1922.
In the early 1920s, Eli Lilly collaborated with the research team at the University of Toronto to develop the commercial manufacture of insulin. Along with the production of insulin, the company marketed accessories such as insulin syringe kits and testing kits for urine sugar.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Eli Lilly and Company
date made
ca 1940
ID Number
1982.0498.13
catalog number
1982.0498.13
accession number
1982.0498
Object Name
syringe, insulin
Physical Description
glass (syringe material)
metal (needles material)
cardboard (box material)
Measurements
overall: 7/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 8.5725 cm x 3.81 cm
syringe: 8.8 cm x 1.8 cm; 3 7/16 in x 11/16 in
box: 3.6 cm x 8.4 cm x 2.1 cm; 1 7/16 in x 3 5/16 in x 13/16 in
place made
United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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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_1347069