Pocket Syringe Kit
| Title: | Pocket Syringe Kit. |
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| Name(s): |
Virginia Commonwealth University. Health Sciences Library. Special Collections & Archives, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: | still image | |
| Genre: | Medical artifact | |
| Date Created: | 1858-1872 | |
| Extent: | 2 cm. x 8 cm. x 4 cm. | |
| Physical description: | Pocket sized case with syringe and injection vial. Case is a small, rectangular leather-wrapped box with a hook clasp. Bottom of interior is lined with plush material, possibly velvet, colored a dull grape purple. Upper half of case on interior is stamped in gold leaf, "Snowden & Bro. Manufacturers, Philad." Case has slots for two pieces. Syringe plunger and tip are made of brass, and reservoir is glass marked in 1cc increments for a total capacity of 30cc. Interior of plunger is cork. A narrow thin cylindrical vial is also included in the case, with a thin cork. | |
| Identifier(s): |
Accession Number: 1986.43 (accession number) CONTENTdm ID: mar/id/55 (CONTENTdm ID) |
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| Note(s): |
Type of Object: Syringe |
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| Subject(s): |
Place of Manufacture: Philadelphia (Pa.) Time Period: Nineteenth century Injections -- instrumentation; Syringes Manufacturer: Snowden & Brother |
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| LC Classification: | R856.A5 | |
| Rights Statement URL: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ | |
| Rights Statement: | In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted | |
| 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) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. | |
| Is Part Of: | Collection: Medical Artifacts Collection. | |
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