Iletin (Insulin Lilly) Sales Kit

American History Museum

Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B

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Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, closed
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, partially open
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, partially open
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, open
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, detail view of photos showing production of insulin
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, vials
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, vials demonstrating steps of insulin extraction and purification
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, pancreas glands vial 1
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, pancreas glands vial 2
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, crude Iletin vial 3
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, crude Iletin vial 4
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, Iletin 40 units per cc
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, Iletin made from zinc-Insulin crystals 80 units per cc
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, Protamine, Zinc & Iletin 40 units per cc
Iletin (Insulin, Lilly) Display 15-B sales kit, Protamine, Zinc & Iletin 80 units per cc

Object Details

maker

Eli Lilly & Company

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Eli Lilly and Company

date made

ca 1940

ID Number

1982.0498.23

catalog number

1982.0498.23

accession number

1982.0498

Object Name

drug sales kit

medicine case, display

Other Terms

biological, box of; Pharmaceutical; Insulin

Physical Description

Pancreas glands (vial 1 contents)

Pancreas glands (vial 2 contents)

Crude insulin (vial 3 contents)

Crude insulin (vial 4 contents)

insulin (vial 5 contents)

insulin, Zinc (vial 6 contents)

Protamine, Zinc, insulin (vial 7 contents)

Protamine, Zinc, insulin (vial 8 contents)

Measurements

overall: 1 1/2 in x 10 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 26.9875 cm x 8.255 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1ff4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1071412

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