Dental Floss Carrier
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Alfred P. Merrill, “Dental Floss Carrier,” U.S. Patent 213,997 (April 8, 1879). Alfred P. Merrill was a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College who practiced in New York City.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.291116.224
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 213,997
label: catalog number
content: 291116.224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: floss carrier, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 5/8 in; x 8.5725 cm x 1.5875 cm