All original, pig skin we are not really sure what it was used for but possibly for cushion on the doctor’s hand when holding it or to put attachments in after use, if anyone knows I’d love to know.
“THIS ANACHRONISTIC HANDPIECE WAS ONCE STATE OF THE ART FOR TOUGH EXTRACTIONS.
BY LARRY COHEN
ALMOST ALL DENTISTS used to pull teeth, and the Dudley Impactor (above) was their go-to instrument for impactions and other difficult ex-tractions. It attached to a belt-driven engine and delivered an up-down motion to the blade—akin to the way an air hammer breaks up concrete.
Despite this nasty thing’s former prevalence, there’s little information available today about the Impactor. It became popular following the advent of effective anesthetic, then died off as the era of high-speed handpieces and oral surgeons approached. The device was patented in 1940 by Dudley D. Levy, whose company, the Dudley Research Corpo-ration, was located at 18 West 27th Street in Manhattan. (Don’t bother visitin
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