Dental Electrode

Description:

Electrode for bleaching teeth devised by Weston A. Price (1870-1948), a dentist in Cleveland, Ohio. This came from the office of Charles Edmund Kells (1856-1928), an innovative dentist in New Orleans.

Ref: “Famed Research Dentist Dies of Heart Ailment,” Los Angeles Times (Jan. 24, 1948), p. A5.

“Dr. Weston A. Price,” New York Times (Jan. 24, 1948), p. 15.

Location: Currently not on view

Collection: Dr. C. Edmund Kells Collection

Subject:

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. O. Pierson

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-10660Catalog Number: M-10660Accession Number: 254077

Object Name: electrodeOther Terms: Dentistry

Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 15.5575 cm x 2.8575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-58d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_725066

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