Here is a set of vintage dental instruments inside of a box labeled Electrical Instruments for the Ritter Unit Equipment and marked Ritter Company, Inc. Some of the instruments are marked as made by Ritter and some by Burton and some unlabeled but assumed to be one or the other. In the first photo you see instruments in the box and some out of the box. The ones shown out of box are assumed to be Burton and the ones in the box are assumed to be Ritter. One of the Burton instruments (shown in the final two photos) shows a patent date of 1934. It looks to me that these once had a power source and that they may have been attached to the black cylinder that looks like it has a reostat built into it. I think this power source would have allowed these instruments to function as a tiny flashlight or mirror with flashlight and a couple of attachments look like they could have been used for cauterization during surgery. The box measures about 4 1/2 x 6 x 1. I have no way of knowing for sure what these are but they seem to represent early use of electricity in dental work. See photos for details and ask any questions you may have. The item “Vintage dental instrument Ritter Electrical Equipment antique medical Burton” is in sale since Sunday, January 10, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Science & Medicine (1930-Now)\Medicine, Dentistry\Dentistry”. The seller is “excel-cast2″ and is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This item can be shipped to United States.
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Comments Off | January 13th, 2021
