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Type of Object
Syringe
Place of Manufacture
Richmond (Va.)
Date of Manufacture
1900-1920
Physical Details
Small metal syringe and needle case with hypodermic syringe and injection tools. Incomplete set. Case is nickel plated has slightly rounded edges and hinged top. Contains one needle, two empty nickel tablet vials, one glass and labeled tablet vial with product remaining, and a glass hypodermic syringe. Syringe has a propeller-shaped grip and line marker, and is marked in volume up to 1 1/2 mils and 25m. Labeled tablet vial marked: "Physician's Sample Hypodermic Tablets, Atropine Sulph. 1/100 gr. John Wyeth & Bro.. Inc.," does not appear organic to set.
Dimensions
2 cm. x 8 cm. x 4 cm.
Medical Subject
Syringes; Injections -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1983.55
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Metal Syringe and Needle Case, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00055.jpg