Object Details
- Description
- Steel and glass syringe with a “PAT. APL. FOR.” inscription on the finger bar. This was probably used for dental anesthesia.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- W. Harry Archer, D. D. S.
- 1899
- ID Number
- MG.M-07001
- catalog number
- M-07001
- accession number
- 216553
- Object Name
- Syringe
- syringe
- Other Terms
- Syringe; Hypodermic
- Physical Description
- glass (barrel, fenestrated material)
- metal, (barrel, fenestrated material)
- metal, (handle, finger rest material)
- metal, (plunger material)
- metal, (tip, screw material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_730867
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8219-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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