Dental descaler set

Made:: 1801-1840

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Dental descaler set, 6 instruments steel with ivory handles
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Dental descaler set, 6 instruments steel with ivory handles, cased, said to have been used on Napoleon's teeth while he was imprisoned on St. Helena, English, 1801-1840

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Category:: Dentistry

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A113069

Materials:: case, wood, case, leather, covering, lining, velvet, instruments, steel and handles, ivory

type:: dental descaler sets

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