Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

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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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  Johnson & Johnson "Pocket" Dental Floss Silk

  Metal container [on label] "POCKET" DENTAL FLOSS SILK / TEN YARDS / JOHNSON & JOHNSON / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR [on bottom] JOHNSON & JOHNSON / CUT HERE / MADE IN U.S.A.
  Date: circa 1940