A new era in tooth-pulling. First dental operation on Horace Wells under NO [nitrous oxide]
notes: label: Description
content: Glass slide depicting a painting. One man stands over a seated man. He holds a tooth aloft in a pair of forceps. Three other men look on in amazement. Marked with "435" "Beseler Lantern Slide Co. Inc. 131 East 23D New York."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.3042.638
label: nonaccession number
content: 2018.3042
label: catalog number
content: 2018.3042.638
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slide, lantern
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 4 in x 3 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.255 cm