Hypodermic syringe in a steel case

Made:: 1870-1900 in London

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Hypodermic syringe in a steel case, with needles and Glyceryl Trinitrate Tabloids, personal relic of Sir T. Lauder Brunton, made by Oppenheimer, England, 1870-1900

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A637895

Materials:: steel (plated) and glass

Measurements:: case: length 87 mm
case: width 80 mm
syringe: length 78 mm
needle, largest: length 62 mm
phials: length 49 mm

type:: hypodermic syringes

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