Saliva ejector, or mouth tube

Date
Circa 1800
 Description
Simple metal tube, curved to fit on floor of mouth. Attached to water operated venturi-type bacuum pump. Listed in early catalogues (1880s) as 'Ash's Asceptic Mouth Tubes'.
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Object detail

Date
Circa 1800
Accession Number
HFA1071
Credit Line
courtesy The Australian College of Dentistry, 1963
Inscriptions
0 - Whole
Object Type
instruments
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
Conservative Dentistry
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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