Glass tubes

[bigfish31]

I found these along with the other glass. Anyone know what they were for?

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Bottom left is an eye wash. Above it a Cobalt Milk of Magnesia.

 

[goldencoin]

test tubes or cotton ball tubes?

HH
-GC

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Ok the glass tubes had a cork and could have held several things.,..from powdered dye to medicine to needles

 

[oldbuzzard]

I'm no expert by a long shot,but; it seems you have medical stuff and there was something brought to my attention years ago on a dig. Your small tubes reminded of blood collection tubes. It got me to thinking about the big jar, it could be a BLOOD SPECIFIC. I hope I'm wrong but I would be careful of the tubes.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Those small tubes also look like urine sample test tubes that go into a machine that spins and tests. I dont know anything about it, but the machine I saw held test samples in glass tubes about that size and shape.

 

[Wetgreenie]

Maybe they are old vials for "man gravy" donations. :P

 

[bigfish31]

Yuck!

 

[goldencoin]

i disagree with all the "various fluids" because the way they are molded they would be hard to clean. i think it would be needles, cotton balls, q-tips, or something along those lines

HH
-GC

 

[sanford.]

I'm pretty sure the tubes are the outer protective portion of a hypodermic syringe. The entire works were once made of glass ( except the needle and metal fitting of course ). Covers for the needle only would have been too small to make in the pre-plastic days so the whole thing slid down in one of these tubes.

 

[Rubicon]

Perfume samples were often given away in small vials just like the ones pictured, of course the stopper is missing.

 

[Ken from Atlanta]

old syringe plungers i think