Tompkin's Pyorrhea Scaler
notes: label: Description
content: The form of this pyorrhea scaler was devised by Henry H. Tompkins, a dentist in Utica, N.H.
label: Description
content: Ref: H. H. Tompkins, “A New Scaler for Pyorrheal Teeth,” Dental Cosmos 21 (1899): 320-323.
label: Description
content: S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co. ad for Tompkins’ Pyorrhea Scalers in The Stomatologist 3 (1899).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08178.01
label: catalog number
content: M-08178.01
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: tompkin's pyorrhea instrument
label: Object Name
content: scaler, pyorrhea
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 14.605 cm x 1.27 cm