Syringe
name: label: maker
content: The Dentinol and Pyorrhocide Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Syringe designed to treat pyorrhea (aka periodontitis) by flooding dental pockets with Dentinol. The inscription on the case reads, in part: “DENTINOL PERFECT SYRINGE / The Dentinol and Pyorrhocide Co. / World’s Tower Bldg. New York City.” The Dentinol and Pyorrhocide Co. was founded by Leland Veranus Slaight (1876-1942), a graduate of the University of Rochester who held British, French, and Canadian patents for a dentifrice. The firm was in business by 1907
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07123
label: catalog number
content: M-07123
label: accession number
content: 218892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (barrel material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (plunger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (disjoint section material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (tip, lactal material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.905 cm