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This item up for bids is a very rare vintage WW2 Set. Its a complete Combat Complete Dentist Field Kit. This baby nothing short of awesome. First One I have ever come across. I have read about them, seen photos, but never in person. This is one of the nicest ones as its a completeplete Dentist Field Kit. Nothing missing. Each piece numbered, clean, and original to WW2. I cant say much about the set because Im not totally educated in the use of the instruments. Just thinking about dental works give me chicken skin! I know that in the field this was all they had to get the job done and Im sure they had other kits as well with all the pliers and such in them. This one is just a very respectable and impressive set. You really have to roll it out to appreciate its complexity. I did however find some great information on the WW2 Combat Field Dentist. I listed the information below for your enjoyment. This set is just a very nice early 1942 version of part of the WW2 Dental Officers Issued equipment. This is one of those very rare sets that have survived intact and will make a very fine addition to any WW2 Medical Display or collection no doubt about it. Enjoy and thanks for browsing. Contents of Dental Officerâe(tm)s Individual Equipment (Period 1940-1942) 1 X Strap, Litter, Carrying M-1932 (item #97080)1 X Pouch, Canvas M-1932 (item #97065)(Note: since the Officer only carries a SINGLE pouch, t is no need for the required Suspender, hence subject pouch was worn with the Strap, Litter Carrying) Dental Equipment and Supply 1 EARLY SHORTAGES OF DENTAL SUPPLIES The critical shortage of dental equipment and supplies was probably the most serious difficulty faced by the Dental Service during the first 2 years of mobilization. T is ample evidence of the extent of this shortage. The Committee to Study the Medical Department of the Army reported, about November 1942, that "t are serious deficiencies in certain critical items of equipment and supplies. Dental officers ... have been handicapped by an appalling lack of certain materials and equipment." A survey of 199 Air Force stations in December 1942 revealed that only 26 were without serious shortages which ranged from instruments to chairs, units, x-ray machines, and field chests, 2 and the following reports were typical of many received in the Dental Division during the early part of the war: The July (1941) Report of Dental Service from Camp Davis, N. C., reveals the fact that for some time construction of both DC-1 and DC-2 dental clinics has been completed, and that only four handpieces, all of which were borrowed from other stations, were available. This means that at this station, w twenty dental officers are on duty with the station complement, the services of only four can he utilized in a professional capacity at one time. This situation has existed at Camp Davis for many months. . . 3 The dental clinic No. 1 at Camp Livingston, La., has not been activated due to the lack of cabinets, sterilizers, handpieces, and lights. Requisition was made for these items in December 1940. (This report was made in October 1941.) Overseas, w the shortages were further aggravated by delays and losses in shipping and by difficulties of storage and distribution, the situation was for a while even worse. 4 The dental surgeon of the European Theater of Operations (ETO) reported in November 1942 that 30 percent of the dental officers in England had no equipment. 5 In December 1942, 39 dental officers in the Middle East theater had a total of 6 field sets, 2 units and chairs, 1 incomplete laboratory, and a few miscellaneous items purchased locally. 6 In 1A general discussion of the organization and operation of the medical supply service has been written under the title, "The Procurement and Distribution of Medical Supplies in the Zone of the Interior during World War II," by Capt Richard E. Yates. This chapter deals only with aspects of the supply problem wh...
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