Object Details
- Description
- Patent model for Robert Arthur, “Dental Tool for Separating Teeth,” U.S. Patent 133,617 (Dec. 3, 1872). Robert Arthur (1819-1880) was a dentist who practiced in Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia.
- Ref: “Robert Arthur, M.D., D.D.S.,” in Charles R. E. Koch, ed., History of Dental Surgery (Ft. Wayne, 1910), vol. 3, pp. 200-207.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
- Measurements
- overall, as stored on card: 3/8 in x 3 in x 3 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm
- Object Name
- teeth, separator, patent model
- dental instrument
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- Other Terms
- ?; Dentistry
