Instrument - Hypodermic syringe, Becton, Dickenson & Co, Rutherford, N.J, Hypodermic syringe No.5Y, c 1947

Historical information

Example of c1947 medical equipment.

Significance

From equipment of a trained infant welfare nurse.

Physical description

Glass syringe with needles & "suggestions" (instructions!) in cardboard box. Dated June 1947.

Inscriptions & markings

One 5cc. B.D Yale, hypodermic syringe, No 5Y, graduated 1/5 cc
"Resistance glass" Becton, Dickenson & Co., Rutherford N.J. Made in USA

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