Dental Plate
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Basil Manly Wilkerson, “Dental Plate,” U.S. Patent 207,699 (Sept. 3, 1878).
label: Description
content: Wilkerson (1842-1910) was a native of Alabama who served in the Confederate Army. Moving to Maryland after the Civil War, he graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore and taught in both institutions. Among his several patents, the most notable were for a dental chair and a dental drill.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.048
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 207699
label: catalog number
content: 291116.048
objectType: label: Object Name
content: denture, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: denture: 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.4925 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: patent cards: 1/16 in x 3 in x 2 7/8 in; .15875 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.3025 cm