Manuscript letter, medicine To dentist Dr. N.C. Keep, M.D. asking for a piece of sea-horse tooth

by N. C. Keep, M. D., Oliver H. Blood

$125 · Offered by Kuenzig Books

no date noted . A stampless letter to surgeon/dentist N.C. Keep, M.D. asking for a piece of sea-horse tooth, of the smallest curve you have presumably for a patient. Seahorse teeth was another name for walrus ivory, used in dentures for centuries in dentistry. The top portion of the letter is missing, the remainder is roughly 6 x 6 inches.The text on recto in full: Dr. Sir, I wish you would be good enough to send me a piece of Sea - horse tooth, of the smallest

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