Monson Demonstrating Model, Pathology Model No. 15
date: label: date made
content: 1924 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Anatomical model of a portion of a lower mandible with teeth. A paper insert reads in part: "Suggestions for the use of Pathology Model No. 15" explains that the model be used to explain the necessity of the dental x-ray and how it reveals conditions that are not evident by examining the crowns of teeth. The model is made of pyralin, a nitrocellulose plastic akin to celluloid. The form was associated with George S. Monson (1869-1933), a dentist in St. Paul, Minn.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Monson’s Demonstrating Models,” The Dental Craftsman 2 (April 1928): 23-25.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0165.933
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.933
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
label: model number
content: No. 15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anatomical model
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, lower mandible
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 4 in x 1 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.8575 cm