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    Type of Object

    Cautery

    Physical Details

    Root drying cautery in three pieces. Distal end is a narrowing, needle-like cautery made of a very malleable material, possibly platinum. Needle attaches to an elongated sphere which serves as a heat reservoir, with space for the handle to screw in.

    Dimensions (L x W x H)

    1 cm. x 23.5 cm. x 2 cm.

    Medical Subject

    Cautery -- instrumentation; Root Canal Therapy -- instrumentation

    Accession Number

    1984.15.1

    Genre

    medical equipment

    Local Genre

    medical artifact

    Type

    Still Image

    Digital Format

    image/jpg

    Language

    eng

    Rights

    This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

    Collection

    Medical Artifacts Collection

    Source

    Original object: Evan's Root Drier, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

    File Name

    mar00022.jpg

    Accessibility Note

    Content is digitally accessible 2010.

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