Gas Cylinder
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content: The “B.V.A.” inscription on this gas machine refers to the Boston Vegetable Anaesthetic Co. Another inscription reads "Patented June 2, 1891" and "B.V.A." The mixture was devised by Dr. Urial King Mayo (1816-1900), a Boston dentist.
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content: Ref: Urial K. Mayo, “Anaesthetic Mixture,” U.S. Patent 283,800 (August 28, 1883).
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content: Urial K. Mayo, “Vessel for Holding Highly-Compressed Gases,” U.S. Patent 453,265 (June 2, 1891).
label: Description
content: “MODERN SCIENCE IN DENTAL SURGERY,” ad in Boston Globe (Sept. 24, 1894), p. 2.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09491
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content: M-09491
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content: 232230
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content: gas cylinder