Dental Mallet
notes: label: Description
content: William G. Arlington Bonwill (1833-1899) was a dentist and dental inventor who practiced in Dover, Del., and then in Philadelphia. He introduced the magnetic mallet for dental purposes and obtained a patent for an electromagnetic dental mallet on 21 July 1873. A tag attached to this example reads "No. 10. Electro-magnetic mallet showing reduction in size as suggested by Dr. M. (?) X. Webb." A label attached to the mallet reads “Jan. 26, 1875 / Dec. 14, 1875 / Feb. 15, 1876.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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-08752
label: catalog number
content: M-08752
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mallet, Electromagnetic
label: Other Terms
content: Mallet, Electromagnetic; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 6 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 15.24 cm x 6.35 cm