Tooth Separator
notes: label: Description
content: Oliver A. Jarvis (1827-1884) was a dentist in New York City. His “Improvement in Teeth Separating Apparatus” received U.S. Patent 154,867 (Sept. 8, 1874).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.277
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 154867
label: catalog number
content: 291116.277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: appliances, teeth separating
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, appliance: 3/8 in x 1 in x 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, appliance: 3/4 in x 7/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 2.2225 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, patent card: in x 3 1/4 in x 3 in; .03366 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm