Syringe Sterilizing Case
Object Details
- Becton, Dickinson & Company
- Description
- An inscription on the cardboard box reads “B-D / BAKELITE SYRINGE STERILIZING CASE / WITH POCKET CLIP / NO 60S / BECKTON, DICKINSON & CO. MADE IN U.S.A. RUTHERFORD, N.J.” The form was advertised as early as 1935.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff
- ID Number
- 1993.0014.30
- catalog number
- 1993.0014.30
- accession number
- 1993.0014
- Object Name
- syringe sterilizing case
- syringe sterilizing case
- Other Terms
- syringe sterilizing case; Sterilizer; Drug Administrator
- Physical Description
- bakelite (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 2.6 cm x 12 cm x 2.5 cm; 1 1/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 31/32 in
- overall: 1 in x 4 7/8 in x 1 in; 2.54 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Rutherford
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1127371
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-ad9b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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