Tooth Separator
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Robert Arthur, “Dental Tool for Separating Teeth,” U.S. Patent 133,617 (Dec. 3, 1872). Robert Arthur (1819-1880) was a dentist who practiced in Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Robert Arthur, M.D., D.D.S.,” in Charles R. E. Koch, ed., History of Dental Surgery (Ft. Wayne, 1910), vol. 3, pp. 200-207.
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.291116.281
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 133,617
label: catalog number
content: 291116.281
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teeth, separator, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored on card: 3/8 in x 3 in x 3 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm