Dr. R. B. Waite's Local Anaesthetic
name: label: maker
content: Antidolor Manufacturing Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box with inscriptions that read in part “Dr. R. B. Waite’s / TRADE MARK (Registered) / ANTISEPTIC / LOCAL ANESTHETIC / FOR / PAINLESS OPERATIONS / IN ALL MINOR SURGERY / Contains 2% PROCAINE (Poison) / MANUFACTURED BY / THE ANTIDOLOR M’F’G CO / SPRINGVILLE, Erie Co., N.Y. U.S.A.” Ralph Britain Waite (1871-1965) was a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College. Antidolor was a coal tar derivative introduced to the market and trademarked in 1892.
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-07136
label: catalog number
content: M-07136
label: accession number
content: 218892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: anesthesia
label: Object Name
content: procaine
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall as stored: 4 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 8.255 cm x 13.335 cm