Dental Drill
date: label: associated dates
content: 1959 01 01 / 1959 01 01, 1964 12 31 / 1964 12 31
notes: label: Description
content: Robert Milton Hall (1928-2016) was an oral surgeon who, after seeing an air driven drill at a dental convention in Chicago in 1957, decided to develop high-speed precision power tools for orthopedic, thoracic, plastic and neurosurgery. An inscription on this example reads "SURGI-DRILL, INC. / PITTSBURGH 6, PA. / PATENT APPLIED FOR / THE WEBER DENTAL MFG. CO. /.../..."
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content: Ref: Robert M. Hall, “Surgical removal of impacted teeth using air turbine unit,” Journal of Oral Surgery, Anesthesia and Hospital Dental Service 17 (1959): 3-7.
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content: “Air Drill Used in Surgery,” The Science News-Letter 87 (1965): 55.
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content: “Neurosurgeons Save Time With Cutting Tool,” The Science News-Letter 87 (1965): 285.
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content: Robert M. Hall, “Air Powered Surgical Tools: A New Approach to Anesthetic Safety,” AORN Journal 7 (March 1968): 63-70.
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content: Arthur Freese, “A 200-mph Surgical Drill, The Steady Beat of a Heart Monitor and an Electronic Voice Box,” Popular Mechanics (Oct. 1969): 138-141.
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content: Robert M. Hall, “Surgical Drill,” U.S. Design Patent 215,678 (Oct. 21, 1969).
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content: Robert M. Hall, comp., Air Instrument Surgery: Orthopedics (Springer Verlag, 1970; 1972).
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
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content: Robert L. Berger, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0022.01
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content: 1990.0022.01
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content: 1990.0022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Surgi-Drill
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content: dental drill
label: Other Terms
content: Surgi-Drill; Dentistry, Operative
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content: stainless steel (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
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content: aluminum (overall material)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 41.6 cm x 22 cm; 9 1/16 in x 16 3/8 in x 8 21/32 in