Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder
notes: label: Description
content: Metal syringe in a wooden box. A label in the lid of the box reads in part “The Wilcox-Jewett OBTUNDER” and “DESENSITIZES TEETH BY ‘PRESSURE ANASTHESIA’ FOR THE PAINLESS EXCAVATION OF CAVITIES, GRINDING TEETH FOR CROWNING AND THE IMMEDIATE EXTIRPATION OF THE PULP” and “Sole Agents / LEE S. SMITH & SON / PITTSBURGH, PA. U.S.A.” This obtunder (the word means “that which blunts”) was designed to inject cocaine into the gums of dental patients.
label: Description
content: Ref: Amos A. Wilcox and Marcellus Jewett, “Dental Instrument,” U.S. Patent 780,146 (Jan. 17, 1905).
label: Description
content: Amos A. Wilcox and Marcellus Jewett, “Dental Instrument,” U.S. Patent 780,147 (Jan. 17, 1905).
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.291116.412
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.412
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe
label: Object Name
content: obtunder
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 13.6525 cm x 7.3025 cm