Object Details
- Description
- This appears to be a “Discreet” sputum flask of the sort that was on the market by 1909. An inscription inside the lid reads "GERMANY."
- Ref: “The ‘Discreet’ Sputum Flask,” Detroit Medical Journal 13 (1913): 71.
- Arnold Carl Klebs (ed.), Tuberculosis (1909), p. 834.
- 1890s - early 1900s
- ID Number
- MG.M-11458.02
- catalog number
- M-11458.02
- accession number
- 260557
- Object Name
- sputum flask
- Physical Description
- brass; rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 10.4775 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- Germany
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Tuberculosis
- Exhibition
- First Do No Harm
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1456884
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ffd7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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