Object Details
maker
Eli Lilly and Company
Description
After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, several pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. This cardboard box contains one hypodermic needle and carries a text that reads in part “ONE LILLEY ASEPTIC GLASS / ILETIN SYRINGE No. 230 / Complete with two steel needles. Graduated to administer U-10 and U-20 Iletin” and “ELI LILLEY AND COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A.” The inscription on the syringe reads “Lilley 993 / NO. 230-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.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Eli Lilly and Company
date made
ca 1930
ID Number
1982.0498.12
catalog number
1982.0498.12
accession number
1982.0498
Object Name
syringe, insulin
Physical Description
metal (needles material)
glass (syringe 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: 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.27 cm
box: 1 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 13/16 in; 3.4925 cm x 8.5725 cm x 2.06375 cm
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_1347090