Dental Drill
notes: label: Description
content: In 1963, Robert Hall (1928-2016), an innovative dentist in Pittsburgh, introduced a successful high-speed pneumatic drill suitable for use in oral surgery, which he termed the Surgairtome®. Dr. Hall donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1967.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12167
label: catalog number
content: M-12167
label: accession number
content: 271984
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: drill, surgical
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: drill: 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 13.6525 cm x 2.54 cm