NEEDLEPIN, INOCULATING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- INJECTOR W/MANUAL
- Date Range From
- 1902
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- PAPER, STEEL, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19990038039
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- INJECTOR W/MANUAL
- Date Range From
- 1902
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- PAPER, STEEL, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 3.2
- Length
- 16.0
- Width
- 7.5
- Description
- 1. INJECTOR - 15.2CM(L) X 3.0CM(D). BLACK PLASTIC (BAKELITE?) HANDLE. ETCHED ON HANDLE IS "PARKE DAVIS & CO. MADE IN U.S.A.". ON ONE END OF HANDLE IS A CIRCLE OF SILVER METAL, W/ RIBBED EDGE, THAT TURNS. THE OTHER END CONSISTS OF A SILVER METAL NEEDLE. ON THE HANDLE IS A BACKWARDS L-SHAPED SLOT. THROUGH THIS A SPRING IS VISIBLE. A SILVER KNOB SLIDES IN THIS SLOT. THIS KNOB MOVES THE INNER PART OF THE NEEDLE. NEEDLE HAS A SILVER METAL CAP THAT FITS OVER IT. CAP HAS RIBBING AT THE TOP, AND HAS TWO SLOTS ON THE SIDES. 2. MANUAL - YELLOWISH PAPER. IS FOLDED A NUMBER OF TIMES. HAS BLACK PRINT. CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING INJECTOR, INFORMATION ABOUT BLACKLEG DISEASE, INFORMATION ABOUT PILLS AND INJECTOR, AND LETTERS FROM SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. INJECTOR AND MANUAL FIT INTO A FOLDED PIECE OF GREY CARDBOARD.
- Subjects
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY T&E
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- INJECTOR USED TO INJECT BLACKLEGOID PILLS, TO HELP PREVENT DEADLY BLACKLEG DISEASE IN CATTLE. BELONGED TO FRED A. EWING. SEE P19990038001-GA FOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990038039
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-10
- Collection
- Museum
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