Artificial Teeth Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Abner E. Purcell, “Improvement in Apparatus for Attaching Artificial Teeth to the Pyroxyline Base,” U.S. Patent 126,575 (May 7, 1872). Abner E. Purcell (1825-1896) was a dentist in Indianapolis.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.165
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dental appliance
label: Object Name
content: artificial teeth construction, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored in box: 1 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 9.8425 cm x 11.43 cm