Syringe Sterilizing Case

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Object Details

maker

Becton, Dickinson & Company

Description

An inscription on the cardboard box reads “B-D / BAKELITE SYRINGE STERILIZING CASE / WITH POCKET CLIP / NO 60S / BECKTON, DICKINSON & CO. MADE IN U.S.A. RUTHERFORD, N.J.” The form was advertised as early as 1935.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff

ID Number

1993.0014.30

catalog number

1993.0014.30

accession number

1993.0014

Object Name

syringe sterilizing case

Other Terms

syringe sterilizing case; Sterilizer; Drug Administrator

Physical Description

bakelite (overall material)

cardboard (overall material)

metal (overall material)

black (overall color)

Measurements

average spatial: 2.6 cm x 12 cm x 2.5 cm; 1 1/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 31/32 in

overall: 1 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 in; 2.54 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.54 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-ad9b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1127371