Object Details
- wearer
- Marie, Kaitlin
- Description
- Medic Alert bracelet belonging to Kaitlin Marie who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 2.
- After his daughter Linda suffered a near-fatal allergic reaction, Marion Collins thought about a medical alert system. Dr. Collins and his wife Chrissie created the first MedicAlert ID bracelet soon thereafter. The MedicAlert Foundation is incorporated as a non-profit foundation in Turlock, CA., in 1956.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kaitlin Marie and Janet Katherine
- ca 1999
- ID Number
- 2017.0192.11
- accession number
- 2017.0192
- catalog number
- 2017.0192.11
- Object Name
- bracelet, medical alert
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (metal disc): 2 cm x 3.5 cm x .2 cm; 25/32 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1923291
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-eed6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
