Dental Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Charles H. Dubs, “Dental Instrument,” U.S. Patent 5,865 (Oct. 17, 1848). Dubs (1809-1873) was a dental surgeon from Philadelphia who practiced in Natchez, Miss. This instrument was designed for extracting the roots of teeth.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Dubs’ Compound Union Screw Forceps,” The New York Dental Recorder 4 (1850): 30-34.
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-04161
label: catalog number
content: M-04161
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 5,865
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dental instrument, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 17.4625 cm x 3.175 cm