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polyethylene tubing
polyethylene tubing

polyethylene tubing

Datecirca 1960
Inventory Number2003-1-0053
ClassificationTubing
Subject
    Maker Clay-Adams Company, Inc. founded circa 1916
    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.)
        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.
          polyethylene tubing
          Clay-Adams Company, Inc.
          Date: 1960-1964
          Accessories: tubing (on a spool); box
          Object number: 2003-1-0054
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          Date: after 1960
          Object number: 2003-1-0205
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          American
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          Accessories: ground connection tubing
          Object number: 1998-1-0766
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          American
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          Accessories: ground connection tubing
          Object number: 1998-1-0767
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          George Adams (I)
          Date: circa 1766
          Accessories: original case
          Object number: DW0955
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          Ashley D. Adams
          Date: date 1931
          Accessories: brass divider with steel tips (now 1997-1-1865); box
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          George Adams (II)
          Date: 1770-1785
          Object number: DW0710
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          George Adams (I)
          Date: 1760-1780
          Accessories: mahogany case
          Object number: DW0161
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          George Adams (II)
          Date: circa 1790
          Object number: DW0527