Dental Instrument Set
notes: label: Description
content: The “REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / C. M. CARR.” inscription in the lid of this case refers to Cassius M. Carr, an inventor who devised various dental instruments, taught dentists how to use them, and was sued (in Washington, D.C. in the 1890s, and in Chicago around 1915) for practicing dentistry without a license.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82844U15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Kit, Instrument, Dental
label: Object Name
content: instrument set, dental
label: Other Terms
content: Kit, Instrument, Dental; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 22 in x 9 in; 5.08 cm x 55.88 cm x 22.86 cm