Name/Title
Hypodermic Box; NeedlesEntry/Object ID
2002.046.037Description
Matchbox-style box, black paper covered, with label: "One Dozen/Gauge 25// B-D/ No. L.N./Length 3/8"//Yale/Hypdermic Needles/ Made/of Carbon Steel Chromium/Finish//Pat. Nos. 1,742,497--1,793,068//Made for the Profession/Becton, Dickinson & Co./Rutherford, N.J. . Written in pencil is the notation "09/75 [cent sign] ea". Interior contain brass-coloured metal inset, with horizontal ribs and six pronged openings on either side, [presumably to hold needle shank].
Box contains two hypodermic needles, neither of which appears to be original to the box. One has a circular shank opening and is stamped "Ward" on one side of shank and "R" on the other and the needle has a very fine wire threaded through it and formed into a loop through the needle opening [purpose unknown]. The other has a square shank opening and is marked "B-D/22" on one side and "Yale/Stain/-less". Also contained in the box is a scapel [?] blade, marked: "E. Merck-Darmstadt". On one end of box base is stamped: " Number/LN Luer Slip//Gauge/25//Length/ 3/8" " See 2002.046.026 for full set of tools (MD)Lexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
box; needles, hypodermic box; needlesCreated By
Jones, IsabelCreate Date
September 12, 2012Update Date
May 4, 2026