Dental student cabinet holding dental floss, tweezers and root canal files

Date
Circa 1950
Description
Student instrument cabinet with three full and eight half width drawers and top rails for medicament bottles. The cabinet is lockable with a removable front and has drawers of different depths to hold various instruments. It has side carrying handles, wooden knobs possibly made of walnut and is complete with most instruments. This type of cabinet can be seen in in photographs of the Australian College of Dentistry main conservation clinic at Spring Street, circa 1950.
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Object detail

Date
Circa 1950
Medium
wood, metal, silk
Measurements
40 x 38 x 26 cm (cabinet)
Accession Number
HFA1558
Object Type
instruments
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category

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