Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

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  Dr. I. W. Lyon's Tooth Tablets

  Dental pot lid for Dr. I.W. Lyon's Tooth Tablets with image of woman. [on lid] DR. I.W. LYON'S TOOTH TABLETS FOR CLEANSING & BEAUTIFYING THE TEETH AND PURIFYING THE BREATH [with trademark] [on bottom] SOMERS BROS. FINE METAL BOXES BROOKLYN, N.Y. [Oval; metal, colored green, with black lettering, image, and designs]
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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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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  Humphrey's Homœopathic No. 8 for Neuralgia & Toothache

  Bottle with cork stopper and paper label: HUMPHREYS HOMŒOPATHIC NO. 8 NEURALGIA, FACEACHE, NERVOUS PAIN / DOSE, ADULTS 6 CHILDREN 3 PELLETS / HOMŒOPATHIC NO. EIGHT FOR NEURALGIA & TOOTHACHE , LES PAINS, TIC DOULOUREUX. F. HUMPHREYS M.D. [on cork stopper] B. [or] 8.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Dental Syringe, patented 1885

  Metal syringe stamped PAT. AUG. 25 1885 [U.S. Patent Number 325,132]; designed by Charles J. Tagliabue and manufactured by Parke, Davis & Co.
  Date: circa 1885
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  Impactor, Engine-Driven Surgical Mallet, Patented 1940

  Impactor engine driven surgical mallet with attachments in wooden holder. [labelled] IMPACTOR / DUDLEY RESEARCH CORP. / NEW YORK NY [Patented by Dudley D. Levy of Mount Vernon, NY, in 1940]
  Date: circa 1940
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  Glass Listerine Antiseptic Bottle

  Glass Listerine Antiseptic bottle with black plastic cap. [on label] LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC / ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: THYMOL, EUCALYPTOL, METHYL SALICYLATE, MENTHOL, BORIC ACID AND BENZOIC ACID [A 62 stamped on bottom of bottle]
  Date: circa 1960s
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  Advertisement and Instruction Card for Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

  Advertisement card included in box of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream. [on front] TAKE THIS HOME TO TELL THE FAMILY ABOUT THE LESSON "GOOD TEETH -- GOOD HEALTH" [advertisement text and diagrams of healthy and diseased teeth inside] [picture of smiling boy on back with COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / TO DO THE BEST WORK IN SCHOOL EVERY BOY OR GIRL SHOULD BRUSH THE TEETH ON GETTING UP IN THE MORNING, AND JUST BEFORE GOING TO BED AT NIGHT [in color, with product and advertisement]
  Date: circa 1908
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  Advertisement Booklet to Accompany Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

  Advertisement for Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream. [on cover] TURN THIS PAGE AND DO AS THIS LITTLE MAN DOES [inside] BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM TRADE MARK MORNING AND NIGHT / VISIT YOUR DENTIST AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR / GOOD TEETH -- GOOD HEALTH [on back] YOU CAN PLAY AND WORK BETTER WHEN YOUR TEETH ARE KEPT CLEAN. A GOOD DENTIFRICE / IT CLEANS TEETH THE RIGHT WAY AND IS SAFE TO USE. IT HAS A DELICIOUS TASTE. BRUSH THE UPPER TEETH DOWNWARD FROM THE GUMS. THE LOWER TEETH UPWARD FROM THE GUMS / COPYRIGHT 1922 COLGATE & CO. ESTABLISHED 1806 / PUBLISHERS OF DENTAL LECTURES / THE JUNGLE POW-WOW / CHEW-CHEW ENGINE / AND OTHER HELPS TO EMPHASIZE THE NECESSITY FOR CARE OF THE TEETH / NEW YORK / LONDON / PARIS [In color, with product and advertisement]
  Date: circa 1922
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  Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream

  Tube of Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream. [on box] COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / "RIBBON" REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE / COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / WE COULDN'T IMPROVE THE CREAM SO WE IMPROVED THE TUBE / THE OLD WAY / OUR NEW WAY / COPYRIGHT 1908, BY COLGATE & CO. / ANTISEPTIC / DELICIOUS / COMES OUT A RIBBON / LIES FLAT ON THE BRUSH [on tube] COLGATE'S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM / COLGATE & CO. PERFUMERS / NEW YORK U.S.A. / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. [with advertising cards]
  Date: circa 1908
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  Oral-B Toothbrush with Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine Label

  Oral-B toothbrush embossed with: SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE / STONY BROOK (631) 632-0989
  Date: circa early twenty-first century
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  Colgate Toothpaste with Pro-Argin

  Colgate Toothpaste with Pro Argin, developed by Israel Kleinberg, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral Biology and Pathology, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine.
  Date: circa early twenty-first century