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1908.1.1

Hypodermic syringe made from thimbles and glass tubing. [SM (Verve) 02/03/2015]

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1908.1.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hypodermic syringe made from thimbles and glass tubing. [SM (Verve) 02/03/2015]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person
Field collector Arthur Wandesford Comber
PRM source Arthur Wandesford Comber
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1908
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Material Glass, Material Lac Insect Lacquer Varnish, Process Recycled, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.1.1
Associated publications
This object was featured in the Museum’s ‘web gallery’ (‘Selected Objects from the Lower Gallery’) produced during the DCF-funded ‘What’s Upstairs?’ project, 2004–2006, with the following caption: ‘This hypodermic syringe was collected in China in the early twentieth century. It is homemade, having been constructed from old thimbles and glass tubing.

Search terms: Medicine, Surgical Instrument, Medical Accessory

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