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Pocket Syringe Set

 

Description(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.

 

Manufacturer: Parke Davis & Co.

 

Date of Manufacture: 1885-1895

 

Rights: www.library.vcu.edu/copyright.html

 

Collection: Medical Artifacts Collection

 

Reference URL: dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/mar,36

 

 

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Uploaded on August 11, 2011
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