Object Details
- Description
- Obstetrical kit made by Dyna Med Incorporated (DMI)/Dynamed Corporation, a company in Leucadia, California and Mount Vernon, New York. The kit includes 1 pair of disposable sterile gloves, 1 disposable sheet, 2 alcohol wipes, 2 moist towelettes (OB Towelettes), 2 umbilical cord clamps, 1 disposable scalpel, 6 oversponges, 1 bulb aspirator, 1 receiving blanket, 1 obstetrical pad, 1 plastic bag, 6 disposable towels, and 2 nylon tie offs. The kit also includes a surgical mask. There is a pink piece of paper attached to the inside of the lid titled "Contents" which lists everything included, as well as 3 illustrations for how to apply the cord clamp. The DMI logo is present as well as the address, 625 North Vulcan Avenue, Leucadia, CA 92024, telephone (714)753-0133. The kit is packaged in a brown cardboard box. The outside of the box has the name printed in black with a red DMI logo.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Martin Burke
- ca. 1970s
- ID Number
- 1982.0003.04
- catalog number
- 1982.0003.04
- accession number
- 1982.0003
- Object Name
- obstetrical kit, disposable
- Physical Description
- cardboard (box material)
- paper (packaging material)
- plastic (packaging material)
- plastic (bulb aspirator, umbilical cord clamps material)
- 70% isopropyl alcohol (alcohol wipes active ingredients)
- gauze (contents material)
- latex (gloves material)
- benzalkonium chloride; chlorothymol; 5% alcohol (towlettes active ingredients)
- plastic; metal (scalpel material)
- 5% alcohol (contents active ingredients)
- Measurements
- container: 8.4 cm x 30.8 cm x 18.7 cm; 3 5/16 in x 12 1/8 in x 7 3/8 in
- place made
- United States: California, Encinitas, Leucadia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Obstetrics
- Women's Health
- Women's Health Products
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_1695897
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7d02-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
