CroFab Antivenom Advertising Device - Pen with pull-out dosage guide
Object Details
- E. Fougera and Company
- Description
- Ballpoint pen of amber and colorless transparent plastic with silver tip and black rubber grip. Yellow and black paper within the barrel reads: "Treat Minimal or Moderate North American Crotalid Snakebite with CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)." A silver metal strip runs along the barrel, pulling the strip allows the used to unspool a paper strip from within the barrel. The paper strip is printed on both sides, depicts a snake, and contains safety and dosage information for use of CroFab antivenom. The pen is contained in a cellophane wrapper along with a folded and rolled paper insert.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of BTG International, Inc.
- Associated Date
- 2008
- 2008
- ID Number
- 2019.0172.04
- catalog number
- 2019.0172.04
- accession number
- 2019.0172
- Object Name
- advertising device
- pen
- pen
- dosage guide
- dosage guide
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, as packaged: 5/8 in x 6 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 15.24 cm x 2.54 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Antivenom
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1969498
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-256f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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