Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

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• Envelope Containing Needle and other Supplies for Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder, with Instructions

  Paper envelope containing needle and supplies to accompany the Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder. [on envelope] ENVELOPE CONTAINS ONE CURVED NEEDLE FOR RUBBER [TIPS?], ONE WIRE FOR CLEANING POINTS, TWO WRENCHES AND EXTRA WASHERS. [with instructions for using RUBBER TIPPED CURVED NEEDLE] LEE S. SMITH & SON / PITTSBURG [sic]
  Date: circa 1905
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  Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder, circa 1905

  Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder, used for anesthetizing teeth using pressure and injected local anesthetic. [on label inside wooden box] THE WILCOX-JEWETT OBTUNDER DESENSITIZES TEETH BY "PRESSURE ANESTHESIA" FOR THE PAINLESS EXCAVATION OF CAVITIES, GRINDING TEETH FOR CROWNING OF THE IMMEDIATE EXTIRPATION OF THE PULP / PRICE $10.00 / SOLE AGENTS LEE S. SMITH & SON PITTSBURG PA. U.S.A. [on obtunder] PAT. APPL'D FOR [with paper envelope and needles]
  Date: circa 1905
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  Carpule Pre-sterilized Needles

  Carpule Pre-sterilized needles. [on label] [?] NEEDLES / CARPULE / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. & CANADA / PRE-STERILIZED NEEDLES / LONG 27 GAUGE / COOK-WAITE LABORATORIES / NEW YORK 18, N.Y. / LONG 27 GAUGE / DENTAL CARTRIDGE TYPE RUSTLESS STEEL HUBER DENTAL POINTS / HUBER POINTS PAT. IN U.S.A NO. 2,409,979 / COOK-WAITE LABORATORIES, INC. IS THE REGISTERED USER OF THE TRADEMARK CARPULE IN CANADA. MADE IN U.S.A. CO 213 / LONG 27 GAUGE / [with Cook-Waite trademark] THE STERILITY OF EACH NEEDLE IS GUARANTEED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS EITHER THE NEEDLE GUARD OR DUST CAP HAS BEEN REMOVED OR DISPLACED. SEE ACCOMPANYING CIRCULAR FOR DIRECTIONS FOR USE. / PAT. APPLIED FOR [metal can with paper label; NJ 544 stamped in bottom]
  Date: circa twentieth century
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  Modern Syringe with Local Anesthetic Cartridges and Single-Use Needle

  Modern syringe with local anesthetic cartridges and single-use needle. [on syringe] HU-FRIEDY / SYRCW / MADE IN GERMANY / 373 / 0314 [stamped on reverse side]
  Date: circa twenty-first century
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  Advertisements for Becton Dickinson Medical Center Certified Thermometers and Becton Dickinson Needles

  Advertisement for Becton Dickinson Medical Center Certified Thermometers, with image. [on back] IMPORTANT -- THESE B-D NEEDLES ARE THE ONLY NEEDLES THAT FIT AND LOCK IN LUER-LOK SYRINGES / B-D PRODUCTS -- MADE FOR THE PROFESSION [with images]
  Date: circa 1938