Object Details
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Description
- After the connection between insulin and diabetes was announced in 1921, several pharmaceutical firms hastened to bring insulin and related materials to market. One such was the Eli Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis, which adopted the term Iletin for its insulin. This turned wood canister holds a glass ampule made to contain Lilly U-10 Iletin brand insulin, 5 cc., 50 units. The label refers to patents of Oct. 9, 1923 and Dec. 23, 1924.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eli Lilly and Company; Accession 111796 (1930)
- ca 1930
- ID Number
- MG.M-02889.01
- catalog number
- M-02889.01
- accession number
- 111796
- Object Name
- iletin, insulin, u10
- pharmaceutical
- biological
- insulin
- Other Terms
- iletin, insulin, u10; Biologicals; Drugs
- Physical Description
- insulin (drug active ingredients)
- glass (container material)
- wood (container material)
- rubber (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 6.35 cm x 2.8575 cm
- overall: 6.5 cm x 2.8 cm; 2 9/16 in x 1 3/32 in
- ampule: 5.5 cm x 2 cm; 2 5/32 in x 25/32 in
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_716732
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-588d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
