Object Details
- Description
- Hypodermic needle in a cardboard box with a “FAICHNEY / INSULIN NEEDLE” inscription. The Faichney Instrument Co. was formed in 1888 and began by manufacturing mercury-in-glass thermometers. This needle was made after the discovery of insulin in 1921.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Faichney Instrument Corporation
- date made
- ca 1930s
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
- Physical Description
- cardboard (packaging material)
- steel (needle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 1 31/32 in x 31/32 in x 23/32 in
- box: 1 in x 2 in x 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x .9525 cm
- needle, bagged: 1 5/8 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
- Object Name
- needle
- needle, insulin
- syringe
