Object Details
- Whitall, Tatum and Company
- Description
- Cast iron suppository machine devised by Charles Albert Tatum (1849-1920), president of the Whitall Tatum glass company. One inscription reads “WHITALL, TATUM CO. / NEW YORK PHILA BOSTON.” Another reads “W.T. CO. NO 3 SUPPOSITORY MACHINE - PAT. MCH 26TH.'95.”
- Ref: Charles A. Tatum, “Suppository Machine,” U.S. Patent 536,240 (March 27, 1895), assigned to Whitall, Tatum & Co.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Whitall Tatum Company
- ID Number
- MG.M-00965
- catalog number
- M-00965
- accession number
- 65353
- Object Name
- Mold
- Suppository Mold
- suppository machine
- Physical Description
- metal (brass mold material)
- metal (iron mold sleeve material)
- metal (iron platform material)
- metal (chute material)
- metal (stopper chain material)
- metal (wheel material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.5 cm x 20.5 cm x 32 cm; 8 1/16 in x 8 1/16 in x 12 5/8 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_730429
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-79a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
