Properties and Effects of Amalgam Examined
date: label: date made
content: 1847
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Properties and Effects of Amalgam Examined by Eleazar Parmly was published in New York City in 1847. In the first half of the nineteenth century there was much talk, and a great deal of criticism regarding the use of mercury for filling cavities. This came to be known as the “Amalgam Controversy”. The essay incorporates testimonials from patients as well as physicians as to the ill effects of the use of mercury.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The pamphlet is twenty six pages long, and has a Robin's egg blue colored paper cover.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Dentistry
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content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Suzanne Parmly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0248.05
label: accession number
content: 2014.0248
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0248.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: phamphlet
label: Object Name
content: pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.8 cm x 14.3 cm; 8 31/32 in x 5 5/8 in