polyethylene tubing
Datecirca 1960
Inventory Number2003-1-0053
ClassificationTubing
Subject
Maker
Clay-Adams Company, Inc.
founded circa 1916
User
John B. Little
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionstubing: 14.6 × 14.6 × 1.3 cm (5 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 1/2 in.)
box: 15.1 × 15.1 × 1.7 cm (5 15/16 × 5 15/16 × 11/16 in.)
box: 15.1 × 15.1 × 1.7 cm (5 15/16 × 5 15/16 × 11/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriestubing (on spool); box
Description100 feet of polyethylene tubing on a cardboard storage spool. Substantial "DIRECTIONS FOR CARE OF INTRAMEDIA POLYETHYLENE TUBING" and related journal citations are printed on back of storage spool.
Signedon label on box: CLAY ADAMS logo [see Mark(s) section]
Inscribedon label on box: PE / 10 100 FT. / INTRAMEDIC® / POLYETHYLENE TUBING / Made in U.S.A. / 30 ga. NEEDLE FITS INTO TUBING. / TUBING PASSES THRU 18 ga. NEEDLE / or 20 ga. THIN WALL / I.D. .011" - O.D. .024" / Animal Tested / Medical Formulation / PHF
on front of spool: THIS TUBING / HAS BEEN / ANIMAL TESTED / AND FOUND FREE / OF TISSUE / REACTION
on right side of the label on the front of the spool: CAT. NO. / PE 10
on left side of the label on the front of the spool: I.D. .011" / O.D. .024"
ProvenanceJohn B. Little, Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health; gift to CHSI, 2003.
Historical AttributesUsed by Professor John B. Little, Harvard School of Public Health in his experiments on the antidiuretic activity in the blood of undisturbed rats. The tubing was attached to the rat in order to deliver the antidiuretic hormone without disturbing the animal.
Clay-Adams Company, Inc.
Date: 1960-1964
Accessories: tubing (on a spool); box
Object number: 2003-1-0054
Trumpbour-Whitehead Brass & Copper Company
Date: 1915-1925
Object number: 1998-1-1840e
American
Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: ground connection tubing
Object number: 1998-1-0766
American
Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: ground connection tubing
Object number: 1998-1-0767
George Adams (I)
Date: circa 1766
Accessories: original case
Object number: DW0955
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0528
Ashley D. Adams
Date: date 1931
Accessories: brass divider with steel tips (now 1997-1-1865); box
Object number: 5256
George Adams (I)
Date: 1760-1780
Accessories: mahogany case
Object number: DW0161
