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Dental Mallet

Dental Mallet

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Description
Dental mallet devised by G. F. Foote, a dentist in Buffalo, N.Y.
Ref: Samuel S. White, Catalogue of Dental Materials (Philadelphia, 1867), p. 58.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
mallet
Measurements
overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 7 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 17.78 cm
ID Number
MG.M-09551
accession number
232230
catalog number
M-09551
Credit Line
Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
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