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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Title: | Tooth key; Dental key
| | Date Made: | early to mid 19th century
| | Type: | Medical
| | Materials: | Wood and iron
| | Accession Number: | MH SK F.B.10.1
| | Credit Line: | Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
| | Museum Collection: | The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
A tooth key, with double claw. "After separating the gum from the tooth, the claw is fixed as deep between the tooth and gum as possible. The fulcrum, covered with a rag, is then applied on the opposite side, when with one turn of the handle, which should be most cautious and slow, the tooth is pulled out at once." -Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1797.
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