Object Details
- Description
- The Samuel S. White Co. was offering forceps of this sort by 1877, explaining that they were for use with a steno compressor, and “the pattern was furnished to us by Dr. Rich.” A steno compressor was used to compress the ducts of the parotid gland, in order to keep back the saliva during dental operations. John B. Rich (1811-1910) was a dentist in New York.
- Ref: Samuel S. White, Catalogue of Dental Materials (Philadelphia, 1877) p. 171.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; x 8.255 cm x 15.875 cm
- Object Name
- Forceps
- forceps, dental
- Other Terms
- Forceps; Dentistry
