Summary
Dental Wax, circa 1920. Used in a psychiatric hospital Lakeside Mental Hospital, in Ballarat, Victoria Australia circa 1920. Used in the dental surgery for making dental impressions.
Physical Description
12 small sheets of dental wax, thin and semi-transparent, coloured pale yellow. Three of the sheets are wrapped around and melted onto a flat square piece of lead. (The two materials appear to have become congealed during long storage.)
Significance
Example of dental equipment used in psychiatric 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 1920
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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
11 cm (Length), 8.5 cm (Width), 4 cm (Height)
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References
Card with exhibit
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Keywords
Dental Apparatus & Instruments, Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
