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Title	Alford's Hydraulic Dental Motor
Creator	Alford, W. D.
Date	1910-1929
Subject	Dental Care Dental Care--history Dental Care--instrumentation Dental Equipment Dental Equipment--history Dental Facilities Dental Facilities--history Dental Facilities--methods Dental High-Speed Equipment Dental High-Speed Equipment--history Dental Instruments Dental Instruments--history Dental Offices Dental Offices--history
Description	51 x 33 x 45". Dental Unit. Dr. Alfred's Hydraulic Motor, made of metal with fabric covered hoses, was developed by W. D. Alford, a dentist from Dillon, South Carolina. The water-powered motor was designed for use in rural areas without electricity. The free standing unit uses a water-powered turbine operated by a foot control. It is connected to a S.S. White dental chair with a bracket, table, cuspidor, and saliva ejector. Dr. Edward Welsh, a professor at the MUSC College of Dental Medicine and a consultant for the Macaulay Museum of Dental History, published an illustrated article concerning this instrument in the Journal of the Student Dental Association, Vol. 4., December 1987, pgs. 21-22.
Language	English
Digital Collection	Waring Historical Library Artifact Collection
Contributing Institution	Waring Historical Library (MUSC)
Rights	Digital image copyright 2010, the Waring Historical Library. For more information, please contact the Waring Historical Library.
S.C. County	Charleston County (S.C.)
Digitization Specifications	Fujifilm FinePixS2Pro, Shutter speed: 1/125 sec, F-stop: f/32.0, Aperture value: f/32, ISO Speed Ratings: 400, Focal Length: 105.0 mm
Date Digital	2010
Type	Still Image
Format	image/jpeg
Media Type	Images
Resource Identifier	2008-25 MDM

Alford's Hydraulic Dental Motor

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