Dental Pelican
notes: label: Description
content: The dental pelican, named for its likeness to the beak of a pelican, came into use in medieval Europe for tooth extraction. This example has a wooden handle and a "VERNET" inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Mr. Emil Boles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09590.01
label: catalog number
content: M-09590.01
label: accession number
content: 231721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pelicans, "Vernetti", Batch of
label: Object Name
content: pelican
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Pelicans, "Vernetti", Batch of; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.065 cm x 3.175 cm