Medical instrument, Tooth Extractor, 1810-30 This dentist's tool is an early type of tooth extractor known as a 'dental key'. It has an ebony cross-bar handle and cranked steel shaft. It dates from the early nineteenth century. In earlier times, barbers commonly carried out surgical bleeding and tooth extractions in addition to shaving and cutting hair! Wood, Social history, Health and Medicine, Health, Surgery

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