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Type of Object
Set, injection
Place of Manufacture
New York (N.Y.)
Date of Manufacture
1885-1895
Physical Details
WARNING: Set contains broken and jagged glass. Simple syringe set with syringe, needles, and space for vials. Exterior of case is of a light, malleable metal, with a lid attached by a notched hinge. Interior has 10 openings of varying size for insertion of needles, vials, and syringe. Syringe has a screw-type mechanism and total capacity of +/- 20cc, with two arms and a finger grip. Case includes two needles of different sizes, one with a wire through the middle of the shaft and another without. Case also includes a broken glass vial and a vial with a hardened substance which is lodged in the case and non-removable.Syringe patented 8/25/1885 by Charles J. Tagliabue, US Pat. No. 325,132.
Dimensions
2 cm. x 8.3 cm. x 4.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Injections -- instrumentation; Syringes
Accession Number
1986.47
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Pocket Syringe Set, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00037.jpg