Dental Plaster

Dental Plaster

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Description
The inscription on the lid of this cardboard box reads in part “IMPROVED DENTAL / CAPSICUM PLASTER / 8 PLASTERS / PRICE $1.00 / PREPARED BY / FRANK B. DARBY, D.D.S. / 12? EAST WATER ST. ELMIRA, N.Y., U.S.A. / PATENTED FEB. 9, 1886.” The inventor and manufacturer was Franklin “Frank” Benjamin Darby (1846-1936).
Ref: Frank B. Darby, “Dental Capsicum Plaster,” U.S. Patent 335,799 (Feb. 9, 1886).
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
plasters, capsicum
plasters, adhesive, dental
Other Terms
Plasters, Capsicum,; Dentistry
patent date
1886-02-09
place made
United States: New York, Elmira
Measurements
overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm
ID Number
MG.M-09110
catalog number
M-09110
accession number
218383
Credit Line
Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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