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OBJECT TYPE: solid/pellet
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0925.001

MANUFACTURER: Orostat
MODEL: Gingi-Pak Pellets
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 73 72
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Clear glass bottle has opaque moulded synthetic stopper; grey and off-white adhesive backed paper label bears grey and off-white text and graphics. Contains numerous small dull off-white cotton pellets.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 9.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 80.79
Diameter: 3.7 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Dentistry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Orostat
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Vermont
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Part of a collection of chemicals and equipment used in the manufacture of dental fillings, moulds, bridgework and inlays.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "GINGI-PAK ®/ BY OROSTAT", "PELLETS/ NOT LESS THAN 450 PELLETS" and "DISTRIBUTED BY/ Surgident, LTD./ Los Angeles, Calif. 90066" printed on label face. "To be dispensed/ on or by pre-/ scription of den-/ tist or physician./ Information to/ dentist supplied/ on request./ KEEP DRY./ PATENTED" printed on left side of label; "A uniformly spun/ cotton pellet in-/ pregnated with a/ sterile 6:100 solu-/ tion of racemic/ epinephrine hy-/ drochloride, with/ 1% benzyl alco-/ hol as a preserv-/ ative", "CONTENTS" and " 73 72" printed on right side of label. "T.C.W. CO./ 50/ U.S.A." cast in raised print on underside of bottle base.
Missing: Container appears complete; condition of contents is unknown.
Finish: Clear glass bottle has opaque moulded synthetic stopper; grey and off-white adhesive backed paper label bears grey and off-white text and graphics. Contains numerous small dull off-white cotton pellets.
Decoration: N/A

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Orostat, Chemical, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1980.0925, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0925.001/

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