Object Details
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Description
- This metal case contains two metal needles, and a graduated glass syringe with an inscription that reads in part “Lilly / ILETIN SYRINGE.” Iletin was the Eli Lilly & Co. trade name for insulin. The inscription on the case reads “Lilly / ASEPTIC.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eli Lilly & Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
- ca 1930
- ID Number
- MG.M-02888
- catalog number
- M-02888
- accession number
- 111796
- Object Name
- syringe kit
- syringe kit, insulin
- Other Terms
- syringe kit; Hypodermic
- Physical Description
- glass (plunger material)
- glass (barrel material)
- glass (tip, force material)
- metal (handle, finger rest material)
- metal (needles(2) material)
- metal (tip, screw material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_730823
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-960c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
