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Antique Trephine Skull Drill & Tooth Key Set Ebony Interchangeable Handle
$450.00 USD
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Antique Trephine Skull Drill & Tooth Key Set Ebony Interchangeable Handle
Great and one of a kind example of a trephine and tooth key set. Early surgeons were often dentists as well. Tooth keys were used in the extraction of teeth.
Trepanning is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull. It is one of the earliest human surgical practices, with evidence of trepanation dating back over 7,000 - 10,000 years.