M0019134: Two pairs of dental forceps for the extraction of teeth, 17th and 18th centuries

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Dental forceps for extraction of teeth

Photograph of a 17th century Italian pair of dental forceps and a late 18th century English pair. for the extraction of teeth. The Italian pair were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1918 (accession number R8570). The English pair were purchased in Paris in 1928 and accessioned in 1932 (accession number R50854).

August 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R8570 and R50854

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.