Summary
Pedal-operated dental drill used for dental treatment of patients at Lakeside Mental Hospital Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, circa 1910. Manufactured by White, S.S., Dental Manufacturing Co.
Physical Description
fitted with scaler. It fits inside a slit-sided tube held tightly by a small, double-ended belt which in its turn fits into another shaft with slit-sided end and is decoratively texture and waisted. This whole section rotates to turn drill. It fits inside a still wider shaft, at the end of which are 3 cog-wheels. Inner shaft emerges just above biggest cog, but doesn't connect. Bottom of outer shaft forms hollow square with short ornately-shaped column on one side and vertically rotating lever shaped like a tiny spanner on the other.
Significance
Example of dental equipment used in Victorian mental health hospitals
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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Manufacturer
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Place & Date Used
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Inscriptions
Engraved: THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG.CO./PAT'S FEB. 18. 79/PATENT APPLIED FOR.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - dentistry, Surgical equipment
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
24 cm (Length), 3 cm (Width), 3 cm (Height)
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References
Label on exhibit. Bennion, Eliz. Antique medical instruments, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London 1979. S Maw, Son & Sons, Cat.of Surg.Ins.Ldn 1902
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Keywords
Dental Instruments, Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
