Smith Tube

Object Details

Description

Theobald Smith (1859-1934), an epidemiologist then working at the Bureau of Animal Industry, introduced this type of fermentation tube in 1893.

Ref: Theobald Smith, “Fermentation Tube with Special Reference to Anaerobiosis and Gas Production among Bacteria,” Wilder Quarter Century Book (Ithaca, N.Y., 1893): 187-233.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

ID Number

2017.0184.077.1

accession number

2017.0184

catalog number

2017.0184.077.1

Object Name

tube, smith

public health

Object Type

tubes

Physical Description

glass (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 16.5 cm x 9.3 cm x 4.2 cm; 6 1/2 in x 3 21/32 in x 1 21/32 in

tube: 2 cm; 25/32 in

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections

Title

Bent Angle Smith Tube from the New York City Department of Health Laboratories

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_721652

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6bbd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa