Syringe Kit

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Anti-toxin syringe kit, open box, syringe out of box
Anti-toxin syringe kit, closed box
Anti-toxin syringe kit, open box
From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'
Anti-toxin syringes
Anti-toxin syringes and Anti-Diphtheritic Serum No. 3, 1500 anti-toxin units/vial

Object Details

Description

The case lid is stamped "ANTITOXIN SYRINGE.” The date of April 7, 1891 is stamped on the barrel. This was designed and manufactured by Anton Molinari in Woodbridge, N.J.

Ref: Anton Molinari, “Piston for Syringes,” U.S. Patent 449,883 (April 7, 1891).

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Eleanor P. Custis

date made

ca 1920

patent date

1891-04-07

ID Number

MG.M-07851

catalog number

M-07851

accession number

223292

Object Name

syringe kit, antitoxin

Other Terms

Hypodermic

Physical Description

glass (overall material)

metal, steel (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 3/4 in x 5 in x 2 in; 1.905 cm x 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm

overall: 2 cm x 12.2 cm x 5 cm; 25/32 in x 4 13/16 in x 1 31/32 in

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The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections

Modern Medicine and the Great War

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-05b0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_730820