M0019894: Three dental instruments for extracting teeth

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Instruments for extracting teeth

From left to right: a combined pelican and "Geissfoot" elevator; a combined dental key and Douglas lever, early 18th century; and a 19th century instrument for extracting teeth in vertical direction. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at unknown points. The first item was given accession number A61141 and the other two were accessioned in 1919 (accession number R8713 and R8727)

July 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for two of the items: R8713 and

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.