Dental Points

Dental Points

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Description
Cardboard box with inscriptions that read in part “MYNOL GUTTA PERCHA / POINTS / PATENT APPLIED FOR / THE MYNOL / CHEMICAL CO. / REAL ESTATE TRUST BLDG. / PHILADELPHIA, PA., U.S.A.”
Ref: Spencer M. Hurtt, “Point for Nerve-Canal of Teeth,” U.S. Patent 1,312,120 (Aug. 5, 1919), assigned to the Mynol Chemical Co.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
point
?
Other Terms
?; Dentistry
Measurements
overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm
ID Number
MG.M-08391
catalog number
M-08391
accession number
218383
Credit Line
Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
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National Museum of American History
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