Box of slides: 'Histology & Embryology Demonstration Box'

Date
Circa 1950
 Description
Wooden hinged box with one swing metal clasp. Box contains forty microscopic glass slides. Subject of the slides is described on the label affixed on the top of the box as "Histology and Embryology / Demonstration / Box". Slides sit inside the box horizontally within metal sections. Most slides have affixed paper labels with a typed "Oral Histology Dental School" and then handwritten descriptions of the slides subject and number. On the verso of the lid there is a 1-24 listing of the subject of each slide.
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Object detail

Date
Circa 1950
Medium
wood, metal, glass, paper
Measurements
3.5 x 20.9 x 10 cm (box)
7.5 x 2.3 x 0.1 cm (individual slide)
Accession Number
HFA3449
Credit Line
Acquired by Professor Henry Forman Atkinson. Acquired by Professor Henry Forman Atkinson. Gift of David Atkinson and Mary White, 2017
Object Type
slides
Named Collection
Collection of Henry Forman Atkinson
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
Teaching
Photographs and Prints
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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