Extractor, Tooth
- Object Name:
- Extractor, Tooth
- Object ID:
- 2014.050.07
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Tooth extractor used by Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865) of Canterbury, NH, a surgeon in the War of 1812. Metal rod, bent at end, with ball-jointed post mounting a swinging hook. Ball joint has slots for a locking bar, mounted ventrally inside the main rod, to catch on, locking into different angles. Hook has three grooves in the tip, giving it grip. Ivory handle mounted cross-wise to the rod. "CLULEY" stamped on underside of rod.
- Material:
- Metal
Ivory - Dimensions:
- H-1.4 W-3.4 L-6.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended from Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865) to the donor's husband, Philip S. Harper Jr. (1923-2008).
Joseph Morrill Harper was born in Limerick, Maine, and went to school in Fryeburg. He started practicing medicine in Sanbornton, NH in 1810 and moved to Canterbury in 1811. He was a surgeon in the War of 1812. He served in the NH legislature, as ex officio Governor in 1831, and in the U.S. Congress, 1831-35. He died in Canterbury. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Harriet P. Harper
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