need help with ID of this item

[Goes4ever]

ok dug this today, have no clue? it comes apart and inside stem is marked 5 10 15 20 25

any clues? I believe it is brass

 

[Goes4ever]

really? and the part that comes out is threaded too, how would it work?

 

[Goes4ever]

wow how cool, thanks for the AMAZING fast response, it took u less than a minute to get that one!

 

[Goes4ever]

very nice 1800's home, nice area of town, it was a good 6" deep. Found a couple feet from a 1882 indian penny

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Is there a hole in the threaded part where the needle would attach? Im not sure its a syringe but maybe. But if its a syringe it would squirt water. The very old syringes that I saw were glass, no plunger just a perfect fit.

 

[ivan salis]

the needle is built into a screw on tip --that screws on the threaded body part ( so after the "shot" it could be removed and boiled or soaked in alcohol for sanitation reasons -- yes indeed --a very old fashioned needle

pre 1933 one could go to the "chemist" and get hard core drugs by just asking for them and paying for it -- many rich folks were herion or morphine junkies --quite common.-- post civil war many folks had horrible injuries or wounds (both physical and mental) and used drugs to stop the pain -- however many sadly also got addicted.

 

[Goes4ever]

only markings is the numbers

 

[Goes4ever]

Is there a hole in the threaded part where the needle would attach? Im not sure its a syringe but maybe. But if its a syringe it would squirt water. The very old syringes that I saw were glass, no plunger just a perfect fit.

yes there is a hole in the threaded part

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Is there a hole in the threaded part where the needle would attach? Im not sure its a syringe but maybe. But if its a syringe it would squirt water. The very old syringes that I saw were glass, no plunger just a perfect fit.

yes there is a hole in the threaded part

OK maybe its a syringe. It sure looks like one. I guess its seized up.

 

[Goes4ever]

I think this one in top of photo is pretty similar
http://www.rit.edu/news/lib/filelib/201001/1syringephotocreditroch.jpg

 

[Goes4ever]

this one is even a closer match
http://www.doctorbag.org/syringe.htm

 

[geo4472]

or maybe this one www.madametalbot.com/21apothecary.htm

 

[ivan salis]

note-- the more you pull it back the more dope you draw up ( see .5 , 1, 1.5 )--the outside threaded end of the plunger screws into the insidethreaded disc type part of the inside the main body --its made to able to take fully apart for cleaning between shots --in case your using differant meds and to not cross contaminate folks.

 

[Noodle]

In the 1950s when my mom was in nurses training, she'd practice with oranges to give injections. It was a daily exercise for her for a while. The syringes were not plastic. No plastic was in use at that time. It was very tight glass syringes. And they had to be boiled/sterilized after each use. At least in our small town.

 

[Chug And Red]

My wife walked by when the pic was up before i could read any thing And said that is one old Syringe!!!!