Dental Mallet
name: label: maker
content: Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Dental mallet with a “B D M Co / PAT’D / OCT 24__1865” inscription, made by the Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Co. The patent was issued to John Nelson Scranton (1818-1892) of Bennington, Vt., and Henry H. Parsons of Hoosick Falls, N.Y.
label: Description
content: Ref: J. N. Scranton and H. H. Parsons, “Improvement in Dentists’ Mallets,” U.S. Patent 50,633 (Oct. 24, 1865).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
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-08707
label: accession number
content: 218383
label: catalog number
content: M-08707
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mallet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 6 cm x 21.5 cm; 1/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 8 15/32 in