I igure 23. Bxhibii on m rsing boi rLES and measures to promote child health ioiiHiniri.ni the once- 

 common diseases of childhood, rhis display was completed in ig6s Smithsonian photo | ■■,., I 



angle, hydraulic and air-turbine handpiece model" 1 

 which revolutionized the field of instrumentation foi 



dental surger) (with speeds ol !00, I to -100,000 



rpm). This hydraulic turbine of Dr. Robert J. Nelson 

 and associates of the National Bureau of Standards set 

 the design pattern for the remarkable and successful 

 high-speed, air-turbine handpiece developed by 

 Paul H. Tanner and Oscar 1'. NageJ of the U.S. 

 Naval Dental School in 1956. Also underway is 

 the reconstruction of the offices of famous dentists 

 such as G. V. Black and the lather of American 

 orthodontia. Edward II. Angle, using their original 

 equipment and instruments. In addition, an exhibit 

 is planned to include x-ray tubes and the electric 

 dental engine, the first to be operated in a human 

 mouth bv the pioneer dentist on dental skiagraphy, 

 Charles E. Kells (1856 19 ! 



so Nelson, Pelander, and Kumpula, "Hydraulic Turbine 

 Contra-ant;lc Handpiece," pp. 324-329. 



3. The 11 mi '>i Pharmacei m m History will 

 feature exhibits on the reconstruction ol i«" pharmacy 

 shops: an I8th-centur) apothecary shop, originally 

 from Germany, with a verj elegant collection of drug 

 jars, decorated medicinal botdes, balances, mortars 

 and pestles, and other tools and da uments pertaining 

 to the apothei arj art, and a late I9th-i entur) Ameri- 

 can drugstore with shelves filled with patent medicines 

 and drug containers of v arious sizes and shapes. I hi 

 window will also feature Symbols of pharmacy and 

 beautiful show globes. Displays will show the devel- 

 opment of antibiotics and the early tools used in the 

 iii.iiiiii.n tun- of the so-called "miracle drugs," includ- 

 ing i mold from Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer 

 of penicillin. In addition, a platform will be recon- 

 structed to display a variety of pharmaceutical appa- 

 ratus used in the preparation and manufacture of 



Monell, "Dental Skiagraphy," pp. 313-336. 



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