Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Projects and Exhibits

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  NovAmpul Box with Syringes

  Paper box with syringes. [on box] NOVAMPUL SYRINGE / NOVOCOL CHEMICAL MFG. CO., INC. / 2921-2923 ATLANTIC [AVENUE] BROOKLYN, N.Y. / MAKERS OF NOVOL PRODUCTS [with two syringes and needles inside box] [on syringe] CARPULE [name associated with Cook Laboratories]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Novol Procaine-Epinephrin Pressure-Sthesia Billets, early 20th century

  Tube of Novol Procaine-Epinephrin Pressure-Sthesia Billets. [on label] EACH BILLET CONTAINS PROCAINE 0.01 GRAM / EPINEPHRIN 0.00015 GRAM / NOVOCOL CHEM. MFG. CO., INC. / BROOKLYN, N.Y. / 100
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  S.S. White Emerald Engine Belt, circa early 20th century

  S.S. White Emerald Engine Belt in paper box. [on box] EMERALD ENGINE BELT / MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. / PHILADELPHIA / NUMBER 1004 / EMERALD ENGINE BELT / S.S. WHITE TRADE MARKS REG. IN U.S. PAT OFF & ELSEWHERE [on back] IMPORTANT: SHOULD THIS BELT APPEAR SHORT, DRAW IT WITH SOME FORCE OVER A SMOOTH ROUNDED SURFACE TO TAKE OUT THE SHRINKAGE WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED WHILE IN STOCK. EMERALD BELTS ARE CAREFULLY WOVEN TO MEASUREMENT. THEY ARE SLIGHTLY ELASTIC AND WILL BE FOUND CORRECT UNDER WORKING CONDITIONS. PATENT NO. 2, 549, 382
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Operation and Care of S.S. White Handpiece No. 7 (Chuck) with S.S. White Handpiece No. 7

  Instructions to accompany S.S. White Handpiece No. 7, entitled: OPERATIONS AND CARE OF S.S. WHITE HANDPIECE NO. 7 (CHUCK) [with diagrams; numbered 508 E in upper right corner; Spanish and Portuguese translations inside pamphlet]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Care of Handpieces with S.S. White Handpiece No. 7

  Instructions to accompany S.S. White Handpiece No. 7, entitled: CARE OF HANDPIECES / CLEAN AND LUBRICATE HANDPIECES AND ANGLES EVERY DAY AND YOU WILL GET LONGER AND BETTER SERVICE. [at bottom] PRINTED IN U.S.A. [numbered 1265F] [with diagram; Spanish translation on verso]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  S.S. White Handpiece No. 7, circa early 20th century

  S.S. White Handpiece No. 7 in paper box with advertisement and instructions. [on box] S.S. WHITE HANDPIECE NO. 7 / CHROMIUM PLATED / LUBRICATE BEFORE USING / THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. / PHILADELPHIA, PA. / HANDPIECE NO. 7 / MADE IN U.S.A. [with S.S. White trademark. numbered 02284-D on bottom] [on handpiece] MADE IN U.S.A. [with S.S. White trademark]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Baker Alloy-Mercury Gauge, Aristoloy Model

  Baker alloy-mercury gauge, Aristoloy model; used for Amalgam Restorations. [on side] BAKER ALLOY / ARISTOLOY MODEL / ALLOY-MERCURY GAUGE / PATENT APPLIED FOR / NICHOLS PRODUCTS CO. / MOORESTOWN, NJ [on bottle label] ARISTOLOY [on bottom of bottle] ONE FULL TROY OUNCE 31.1 GRAMMES / LOT 350229 / PAT. NO. 1, 963, 085
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Post Extractor Patented September 15, 1903

  S.S. White Post Extractor in wooden box. [on label inside lid] S.S. WHITE POST EXTRACTOR PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING [numbered 03100 in lower left corner] [on metal inside box] PATD-SEPT-15-1903 [with S.S. White trademark]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  How to Use Ampoules

  Instruction card to accompany Condit Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin, entitled HOW TO USE AMPOULES [with illustration of ampoule and seal ACCEPTED BY THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Directions for Using Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin

  Instruction pamphlet to accompany Condit Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin, entitled DIRECTIONS FOR USING AMMONIACAL SILVER NITRATE AND FORMALIN [with headings] CHRONIC ABSCESS / ABSCESS WITH A FISTULA / PUTRESCENT ROOT CANALS / STERILIZING DEEP CAVITIES WITH PULP INVOLVEMENT / EXPOSED PULPS / SMALL INTERPROXIMAL CAVITIES / PYORRHEA / HYPER-SENSITIVE DENTINE, ABRADED OR ERODED SURFACES AND SENSITIVENESS CAUSED BY GOLD CLASPS / ORTHODONTIA / STERILIZATION AND PROTECTION OF HYPOPLASTIC TEETH / PIT AND FISSURE PROPHYLAXIS / FOR CLASS III CAVITIES IN ANTERIOR DECIDUOUS TEETH / STERILIZATION AND FILLING OF NON-VITAL DECIDUOUS TEETH / TRENCH MOUTH [with label] PRINTED IN U.S.A.
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin

  Paper box containing. [on label] AMMONIACAL SILVER NITRATE AND FORMALIN (HOWE) / CONDIT TRADE MARK / A PROMPT, SIMPLE, EFFICACIOUS METHOD OF STERILIZING AND IMPREGNATING WITH A METAL INFECTED DENTAL TISSUE. P.N. CONDIT BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. [on back] FOR STERILIZING ROOTS OF TEETH WHICH ARE PUTRESCENT OR ABSCESSED. FOR SAVING PULPS IN TEETH WITH BADLY DISINTEGRATED DENTINE. FOR PREVENTION OF DECAY AND CHECKING INCIPIENT CAVITIES IN CHILDREN'S TEETH. FOR FILLING APICES OF IRREGULAR ROOTS WITH A METALLIC DEPOSIT OF SILVER. ANY NUMBER OF OPENINGS IN A SINGLE ROOT MAY BE COMPLETELY FILLED. FOR PREVENTION OF FURTHER ACTION OF CARIES. A POWERFUL ANTISEPTIC WHICH WILL PENETRATE AFFECTED AREAS OF ROOTS AND NOT AFFECT SOUND TISSUE. [?]OLUTION IS THE ORIGINAL AND IS GUAR[ANTEED?] [?]OPERLY BALANCED BY THE MANU[?] [CO]NDIT APPLICATIONS [label on side] ACCEPTED BY THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION [at top] CONTENTS TESTED AND GUARANTEED PROPERLY BALANCED [with instructions]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Box with Needles for Administering Local Anesthesia, including Cook Rustless Steel Needles, circa early twentieth century

  Metal box with needles for administering local anesthesia, including container of COOK'S RUSTLESS STEEL NEEDLES. [on label] DENTAL NEEDLES NO. 4 GA. 25 / MADE FROM FIRTH BREARLY STEEL / COOK LABORATORIES, INC. / FORM 626V / CHICAGO, U.S.A. / MADE IN ENGLAND
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Advertisement Card for King Dental Co.

  Advertising card for King Dental Co. with sepia photograph of man tied to chair with bucket having tooth pulled by practitioner holding chain. [on front] YE OLDEN TIME DENTISTRY / COMPLIMENTS OF KING DENTAL CO. [stamp] FLOYD AUSTIN, MILAN N.H. [Back text in English and French] [in bold] DR. KING'S SAFE SYSTEM OF PAINLESS DENTISTRY / FULL SET, $5.00. / THE KING DENTAL PARLORS 108 MAIN STREET, TUCKER BLOCK BERLIN, N. H. [with French translation of services offered] [sepia]
  Date: circa early twentieth century