M0005306: Eleven English dental charms and amulets

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Eleven Dental charms and amulets in England

Photograph of eleven English dental charms and amulets: bag containing a crust carried by an old man for toothache; two moles feet carried in pocket for toothache, Norfolk; stone chasm for toothache, Ottery St. Mary, South Devon; teeth carried in a case for toothache, South Devon; stone used as a cure for toothache, Exmouth, Devon; work for teething from Gloucestershire and also from Warwickshire; bag containing pig's teeth, tied round the neck of an infant to facilitate teething, South London; calves' feet, worn to facilitate teething, London; orris root, used to assist teething East London and Norfolk; bag used as a charm for teething, S. Devon; stone used for teething, South Devon. The items were previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum

November 1937

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.