Summary
Box containing 40 silver dental molds used at a metal health hospital Lakeside Mental Hospital Ballarat Victoria Australia circa 1910. Dental molds were used to make an impression of a patients teeth in order to make a customised dental replacement.
Physical Description
Molds of teeth consisting of the outer surface and inner side. Molds of teeth in metal and silver-plated. Numbered in oblong shape purple velvet lined cardboard box, with wooden sides and base.
Significance
Example of dental equipment used in mental health hospitals in Victoria Australia
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Lakeside Mental Hospital, Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Place & Date Used
Lakeside Mental Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910
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Inscriptions
Engraved 1 to 40 at top of each one.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - dentistry, Dental prosthetics
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
18 cm (Length), 1.5 cm (Width), 26.5 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
18 mm (Length), 1.5 mm (Width), 26.5 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
265 mm (Length), 177 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. Measuring Method: Largest dimensions
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References
Note : in Museum
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Keywords
Hospitals, Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Psychiatric Services, Making History - Psych Services
