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.
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