University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
General Treatment
Accession Number
1969.55.13 a-b
Description
An all-metal hypodermic syringe (a) with ring handle for plunger; lozenge-shaped metal case (b) with supports for the syringe on the inside; one hinge and slide catch.
An all-metal hypodermic syringe (a) with ring handle for plunger; lozenge-shaped metal case (b) with supports for the syringe on the inside; one hinge and slide catch.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - syringe
b - case - Size: Length 15.5 cm x Width 6.5 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Harold DeWitt Ball.
On case: "Improved Antitoxin Syringe H.K. Mulford Company Philadelphia Chicago"; inside lid has a label that reads: "DR. HAROLD BALL"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D5-4
Copy Type
Original
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
Research Facts
The H. K. Mulford Company was a pharmaceutical company founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in the late 1880s by Henry K. Mulford after his purchase of the Old Simes drugstore at 18th and Market Streets. The company was purchased by Sharp & Dohme Corp in 1929.
Henry Kendall Mulford (October 10, 1866 – October 15, 1937) was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
Soon after purchasing the Old Simes retail pharmacy store, Mulford began producing and selling pharmaceutical preparations. In 1889, he received financial investment to expand operations from Milton Campbell. In 1891, Campbell became president of the company, with Mulford vice president. Milton patented a compressed tablet machine. By 1892 the company had two laboratories, a field office in Chicago, and produced 800 different products.
The company opened a laboratory in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1894 for the production of a diphtheria antitoxin. In 1895, it became the first commercial producer of diphtheria antitoxin in the United States.