Rubber Dam Applier
notes: label: Description
content: A dental rubber dam is a thin square sheet with a hole in the middle that lets a dentist isolate the treatment area, keeping it dry and free from saliva. Dr. Sanford Christie Barnum (1838-1885), a young American dentist, introduced the form in 1864.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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-08322
label: catalog number
content: M-08322
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: rubber dam applier
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 6 in; x 2.2225 cm x 15.24 cm