Jaw Brace
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for George H. Hurd, “Dental Jaw Brace,” U.S. Patent 225,525 (March 16, 1880). George H. Hurd (1829-1904), a dentist in Cleveland Ohio, The jaw brace was designed to be used with his patented system for extracting teeth with vitalized air or liquid gas.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ad for “Dr. G. H. Hurd’s New Patent System for Extracting Teeth,” in The Dental Advertiser 10 (1879): 174.
label: Description
content: “Dr. George Hill Hurd,” American Dental Journal 3 (1904): 432.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04270
label: catalog number
content: M-04270
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 225,525
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mouth props and tongue holders
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - largest: 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in; x 4.445 cm x 1.27 cm