Object Listing

Used for materials that might be damaged by steam. Used in sterilising dental instruments to minimise the corrosion of sharp items. Material: Brass and glass. Colour: Brass and white, c. 1900.

Used to apply pressure to a limb to limit the flow of blood. Material: Chromium-plated and cored. Colour: Silver. Maker: Genito Urinary, c. 1940.

Laboratory equipment: For holding wire when soldering. Material: Steel, brass and ebony. Colour: Grey, brass and black, c. 1900.

Laboratory equipment. Name on object: G.E.M. Material: Metal alloy and nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Wakelsey, c. 1920.

Used in dental extractions. Material: nickel-plated and ebony. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1900.

Size 4, 5, 6. Used by dental technician. Material: Steel, brass and wood. Colour: Grey, brass and brown (set of 3), c. 1930.

Medical instrument. Material: Nickel-plated and wood. Colour: Silver and brown, c. 1900.

In middle handle. Size no. 178. For extra information see: Ash Catalogue: p. G15. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Ash, c. 1920.

Used in surgical procedures to isolate tissues or structures. Name appearing on object: Wizard. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: Clev-Dent, c. 1930.

Heaviness is the degree to which a body is drawn toward the earth by gravity. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: S.S. White Co., c. 1930.

Patented 20 June 1897. In wooden handle. Material: Nickel-plated and wood. Colour: Silver and brown, c. 1900.

Used to prevent pregnancy by stopping a fertilised egg implanting in the lining of the uterus. Material: Gold. Colour: Gold, c. 1925.

Spatula and burnisher in milled handle. For extra information see: Ash Catalogue p. G68. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver, c. 1910.

Used to carve wax patterns. Material: Nickel-plated and bakelite. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1920.

Used to carve wax patterns. Material: nickel-plated and bakelite. Colour: Silver and black, c. 1920.

Bone nibbling instrument. Size 4. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Clev-Dent, c. 1940.

In milled handle. Size 18. Used for pluging amalgam or cement. Material: Nickel-plated and blued steel. Colour: Silver and dark blue. Maker: D.R.P.S., c. 1920.

Sicqueland pattern. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Ash, c. 1920.

Used for pluging amalgam or cement. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: S.S. White Co. c. 1920.

To remove large ledges of calculus and stain from supra-gingival areas on the facial and lingual surfaces. In milled handle. Size 22. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: S.S. White Co., c. 1920.

A round container with a wide uncovered top. Material: Brass enamelled. Colour: Black and brass, c. 1910.

For sharpening excavators, chisels, hatchets. Material: Stone. Colour: Grey. Maker: Water of Ayr Hone Works, c. 1920.

Metal instruments used for packing root canal fill material to the sides of a canal in order to make room for additional material. Size 3, 7, 8, 9. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: D.D.M. Co. (set of 3), c. 1930.

Junker inhaler, chloroform bottle and Schimmelbush mask, all in black leatherette case. Material: Glass, nickel-plated and metal. Colour: Clear and silver. Maker: W. Gimber, c. 1900.

Bath set consists of J.B.L. cascade bag & metal stopper, faucet, tubing for fountain attachment, metal shut-off, metal combination stopper, vaginal irrigator, injection point for fountain attachment adult injection point, infant injection point, Tyrrell's cleaning powder, Tyrrell's J.B.L lubricant all in box: Used for enemas and douches. Material: Rubber, vulcanite and metal. Colour: Reddish brown, black and silver. Maker: Tyrrell's Hygienic Institution, c. 1930.

Used to fill the dental cavities with amalgam. Material: Nickel-plated and bakelite. Colour: Silver and black. Maker: C. Ash & Sons, c. 1920.

Desk to write the prescribed drug or medicine for patients. Material: Oregon pine and glass. Colour: Brown and white, c. 1920.

Universal tool for separation of ball joints. Material: Nickel-plated metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.

Straight mallet, 2 mallet points, spanner for fixing the heads, all in leatherette-covered case. For extra information, see Ash catalogue p. E17. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: C. Ash & Sons, c. 1930.

Straight mallet with three heads, 13 points and 1 plugger point, all in black leatherette-covered case. Material: Nickel-plated metal. Colour: Silver, c. 1930.