ANTIQUE BRASS B&D SYRINGE, (untested). COMPANY STARTED 1897. MOVIE PROP! HISTORY

BRASS B&D (BECTON & DICKINSON, FOUNDED 1897) SYRINGE WITH WONDERFUL PATINA. NO NEEDLE IS PROVIDED. 6” LONG WHEN IT IS CLOSED. 8-1/4” WHEN THE SYRINGE IS PULLED OPEN. THE TWO FINGER LOOPS ARE 2-1/4” WIDE. THE TUBE IS 3/4” WIDE. EVERYTHING COMES APART EASILY, (please see all photographs). STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY!!!

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“Chronology

Key Dates:”

“1897: Maxwell W. Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson form partnership.

1904: Philadelphia Surgical Company and Wigmore Company are acquired.

1906: Partnership is incorporated as Becton, Dickinson & Company; factory is built in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

1913: Surgical Supply Import Company is acquired.

1917: Sales reach $1 million.

1918: Company introduces the ACE bandage.

1921: Company acquires Physicians Specialty Company.

1924: Company begins making syringes designed specifically for insulin injection.

1925: Fairleigh Dickinson receives a patent for the Luer-Lok tip.

1943: Multifit, maker of a syringe with interchangeable parts, is acquired.

1948: Henry P. Becton and Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr., sons of the founders, assume managerial control of the company.

1949: Entry into diagnostic medicine with the patenting of the Evacutainer blood collection device.

1951: International expansion begins with the formation of a Canadian subsidiary.

1955: Baltimore Biological Laboratories is acquired, enlarging the firm's presence in the burgeoning market for disposable medical products.

1962: Company goes public.

1974: Wesley J. Howe is named president and CEO.

1978: Sun Oil Company acquires a 34 percent stake in the company.

1979: Becton, Dickinson and Sun reach agreement on the eventual disposal of Sun's stake.

1980s:Restructuring and disposal of noncore operations.

1989: Raymond V. Gilmartin is named CEO.

1994: Clateo Castellini is named chairman, CEO, and president.

1997: PharMingen Inc. and Difco Laboratories Incorporated are acquired.

1998: The Medical Devices Division of the BOC Group is acquired.

1999: Company reorganizes its operations into three business segments: BD Medical Systems, BD Biosciences, and BD Preanalytical Solutions; company launches a global brand strategy focusing on the 'BD' name.”

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