Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Ray Wilson Makes
Tour Of Inspection
Through The L. D.
Caulk Laboratories
Impressed BY Number OF Depart
ments, LabOr-SaVing Devices,
And Varied Products

What is the large brick building
next to our new high school which
sets so sedately back from the high
way and is completely surrounded
by beautiful lawn? 1t is The L. D.
Caulk Company's Laboratories.
Many people think that only the
Mercitan Lotion, MercireX skin
cream and Mer Dentifrice, that we
see so frequently at leading drug
stores, are manufactured there.
There are many other products
made there also, which are used eX-
clusiVely by dentists. The L. D..
Caulk Company is the manufacturer
of dental filling materials and dem
tai specialties.
AS you enter this great building
at the front you will be confronted
by the words Dental Clinic. Let us
walk in. 1t is the Office of DR.. Clyde
Nelson, who did such splendid work
for the Byrd Expedition. The walls
of the waiting room are mass of
cases filled with fossils, skulls and
bones which are very interesting.
The office itself is of the best, hav-
ing very nice equipment and means
to perform the most tedious dental
work.
Let us now proceed through the
plant by starting at the basement,
which includes one department, the
Pharmaceutical Department. In this
department Mercitan Lotion, Mer-
cirex, Dentu-creme, Dental Cleanser,
Mer Dentifrice, and the new product
Dentocoll are manufactured. Merci-
tan Lotion is a tissue tonic, repara-
tive and healing germicide for the
teeth, gums and throat, invented by
the Caulk Company. 1t acts on met
ais except gold or silver and there
fore has to be made in large $50
gallon earthen ware watts. The pipes
leading to and from the watts are
glass lined and agitators used to
stir the Lotion from time to time are
silver plated. The lotion stands for
20 or 80 days in these watts before
bottling. It has penetrating odor
which is very healthful. Mercirex |
Cream is made in huge mixers in
which it is worked steadily until de-
sired results are obtained from test.
Mer Dentifrice and Dentu-creme are
made on similar bases. The Denti- |
frice is a tooth paste that will not
destroy enamel, for it is free from
grit. The fine powder used in Den
thrice and Dentu-creme is sieved by
hand and through silk to insure
safety from grit. Dentu-creme is a
for false teeth, plates and +
bridges. The materials for these
products are put in large containers
which have huge blades to stir the
product until it is finished. Dentu
is similar to the Dentifrice
but is much more effective and is
used by the dentist to clean teeth.
Dentocoll is a new product used for
impressions in one piece.
It is very elastic, will not break or
lniure gums. 1t is much better than
the plaster of paris method. Dento-
coll is a Swiss product and was
brought to this country by Mr.. Z
Frank Grier last year.
In Department Two men are en-
ployed to thoroughly dry powders.
Even though the powder looks dry
before being put into a steel cabi-
net and having steam passed around
t, it is not, for water runs out of the
powder. When the powder is dry it
S burned in furnaces to a desired
shade. This powder is used for fill 1
ngs in teeth. /
We will now go to the second floor
First is the Wax Department.
Here pure beeswax is nodded into
lesired forms by special machines. '
The wax is used by dentists to OBJ I
ain impressions and various other I
hings. The next department is the ,
ottle washing department. Each i
nd every bottle used in The L. d. l
,aulk Company is thoroughly I
Washed and sterilized before being |
sed, not only by machinery but by G
and also. In the bottle washing f
DOM there are cabinets with draw t
rs which are interchangeable with G
he ones in the filling room or bot G
ling room. This is a labor-saVing, {
nd time-saving improvement. In e
department. Five employees are i
arefully boxing the nodded wax.
are must be taken that the wax [
oes not break. In Department Six v
re find that The L. D. Caulk Com F
any has its own postoffice, parcel @
Ost and freight offices. This proves n
le vast amount of mail taken in "
nd mailed out by the Company. n
The next department impressed
e very much. It is the Advertising h
apartment. The L. D. Caulk Com W
my has one of the best and latest n
luipped advertising departments |;
lown. The machinery used is cap t.
lie of doing the work of several
nployees and in much less time. OF
is in neat, compact or m
II, ready for immediate use. ask a
one of the men for sample of G.
e work and was surprised to find M
at l had only waited about min b!
e before had or copies in my he
nd; so quickly was this done that fe
was amazed. The L. d. Caulk pl
advertises all over the it!
)rld, in all languages and all coun-