Syringe

Object Details

City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Description

Steel and glass syringe in a red cardboard box inscribed in part “BOSTON / RECORD / HYPODERMIC SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

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

ID Number

2017.0184.060

accession number

2017.0184

catalog number

2017.0184.060

Object Name

syringe, hypodermic

public health

Physical Description

glass (overall material)

metal, steel (overall material)

Measurements

box: 4.2 cm x 5.6 cm x 3.6 cm; 1 21/32 in x 2 7/32 in x 1 13/32 in

syringe: 4.6 cm x 8 cm; 1 13/16 in x 3 5/32 in

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National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_1845404

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-838e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa