M0017189: Three dental instuments

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Dental instuments.

Photograph of three dental instruments. At the top is a19th century mouth dilator. Next is a 16th or 17th century folding knife with handle forming cross-action forceps. At the bottom is an 18th century early form of dental key. All three were previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, though no particulars are known about the first two. The dental key was purchased by the Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1941 (accession number R399/1941). None of the items are held by Wellcome Collection.

January 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items: R399/1941

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.