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Actions	A set of eleven burs and one excavator Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberHC.J.7.X.3 TitleA set of eleven burs and one excavator DescriptionA set of eleven burs and one excavator. These fit into a steel shaft with ivory sides. At the other end there is a German silver rotating crutch-handle, which rested in the palm of the hand between the thumb and index finger. When pressure was exerted on it, the tips of these digits rotated the shaft. In a pocket cross-grained skiver covered case. John Tomes (1815—95) illustrated, A System of Dental Surgery (1859), fig. 132, this type of instrument, and stated that he had been using it for several years. Mid-XIXth cent. Production periodNineteenth century, mid SubjectDental instruments, Various Object nameDrill Object categoryDental MaterialSilver, Ivory, Steel Dimensions Length: 9 cm Width: 7 cm Depth: 1.5 cm

Object numberHC.J.7.X.3

TitleA set of eleven burs and one excavator

DescriptionA set of eleven burs and one excavator. These fit into a steel shaft with ivory sides. At the other end there is a German silver rotating crutch-handle, which rested in the palm of the hand between the thumb and index finger. When pressure was exerted on it, the tips of these digits rotated the shaft. In a pocket cross-grained skiver covered case. John Tomes (1815—95) illustrated, A System of Dental Surgery (1859), fig. 132, this type of instrument, and stated that he had been using it for several years. Mid-XIXth cent.

Production periodNineteenth century, mid

SubjectDental instruments, Various

Object nameDrill

Object categoryDental

MaterialSilver, Ivory, Steel

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