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Dental Wax, circa 1920
Reg. No: SH 850039
- Summary:
- Dental Wax, circa 1920. Used in a psychiatric hospital Lakeside Mental Hospital, in Ballarat, Victoria Australia circa 1920. Used in the dental surgery for making dental impressions.
- Description:
- 12 small sheets of dental wax, thin and semi-transparent, coloured pale yellow. Three of the sheets are wrapped around and melted onto a flat square piece of lead. (The two materials appear to have become congealed during long storage.)
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Lakeside Mental Hospital, Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 4.00 cm (Height), 8.50 cm (Width), 11.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | hospitals, dental apparatus instruments, psychiatric hospitals |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Dentistry |
| Tertiary Classification: | dental prosthetics |
| Place & Date Used: | Lakeside Mental Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Circa 1920 |
| References: | Card with exhibit |
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