dental tool, patent model; plugger; dental instrument
name: label: maker
content: Morris, James P.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for James Polk Morris, “Dental Tool,” U.S. Patent 384,863 (June 19, 1888). Morris (1847-1927) was a dentist in Paris, Texas. His tool was designed for carrying amalgam to a tooth.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04284
label: catalog number
content: M-04284
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 384,863
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: dental tool, patent model
label: Object Name
content: plugger
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 8 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 21.2725 cm x 4.445 cm