Kells Dental Electric System
name: label: maker
content: S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Kells Dental Electric System is a wall mounted electric system for operating a dental mallet and engine. The system is housed in an attractive wood case with brass lever and dial in the center, connectors for the electric dental attachments below, and a socket for an electric lamp on the top. The system regulated the electricity powering a dental mallet, dental engine, mouth-lamp, and an office lamp. A metal plate on the front reads: THE KELLS / SWS [mongram /trademark for S.S. White company] / DENTAL ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
label: Description
content: Dr. C. Edmund Kells Jr. (1856-1928) was a prominent New Orleans dentist and inventor best known for his role in introducing the use of x-rays to dentistry.
label: Description
content: Reference: see description and photograph of the unit in The Dental Cosmos, Vol 33, No.5 (May 1891), "The Application of Electricity in Dental Practice" by C. Edmund Kells, Jr. pp 358-361.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09571
label: accession number
content: 232230
label: catalog number
content: M-09571
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electric system, dental
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (as mounted on wall): 53 cm x 27 cm x 13 cm; 20 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in x 20 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 27.305 cm x 51.435 cm