M0010270: Dental instruments, 16-17th century

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Dental instruments, 16-17th century

Dental instruments comprising 16th century iron forceps with screw adjustment, a 17th century pelican, and 17th century forceps. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

14 October 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2021.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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