Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder
notes: label: Description
content: Metal syringe in a wooden box, with a label that reads in part “The Wilcox-Jewett OBTUNDER” and “DESENSITIZES TEETH BY ‘PRESSURE ANASTHESIA’ FOR THE PAINLESS EXCAVATION OF CAVITIES, GRINDING TEETH FOR CROWNING AND THE IMMEDIATE EXTIRPATION OF THE PULP” and “Sole Agents / LEE S. SMITH & SON / PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A.” This device (the word obtunder means “that which blunts”) was used to inject an anesthetic substance into the gums of dental patients.
label: Description
content: Ref: Amos A. Wilcox and Marcellus Jewett, “Dental Instrument,” U.S. Patent 780,146 (Jan. 17, 1905).
label: Description
content: Amos A. Wilcox and Marcellus Jewett, “Dental Instrument,” U.S. Patent 780,147 (Jan. 17, 1905).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260892.233
label: accession number
content: 260892
label: catalog number
content: 260892.233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (disjoint section material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 19.3675 cm x 9.2075 cm