Merry's Dental Drill
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content: Charles Merry, a dentist in St. Louis who devised a hand drill for operating on cavities in difficult situations, explained that he did not seek a patent but gave his invention freely to the profession. The form was sometimes termed a Universal Spiral Spring Drill. In this example, one handle is ebony and one is bone. See illustration and account of Merry's drill stock in Dental Register of the West 12 (Sept. 1858): 110. Dr. Merry took his life in 1859.
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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-08464
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content: M-08464
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content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drill
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 in; .889 cm x 13.97 cm x 17.78 cm