Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Bifurcated needle for small pox immunization. The needle is used by dipping it into the vaccine and then pricking the skin repeatedly.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- date made
- ca 2007
- Credit Line
- Gift of Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm
- overall: 3 in x 3/8 in; x 7.62 cm x .9525 cm
- Object Name
- syringe, hypodermic
- biological
- immunization, needle
