Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/P 56
Scientific nameGallus gallus
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
Object nameHead, foreign body, Transplantation, Experimental, Union of Different Parts, Mounted wet bone and tissue
DescriptionSection of the head of a cockerel with a transplanted human tooth embedded in the comb.
The blood vessels have been injected to show that vascular tissue has apparently grown into the pulp cavity of the tooth.
Production date 1763 - 1778
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Related objectsRCSHC/P 57
Physical Location
Location
Not on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of bone and tissue mounted in a cuboid perspex container. Dimensions:106mm h x 122mm w x 45mm d.
Materialperspex
Dimensions
whole height: 106 mm
whole width: 122 mm
whole depth: 45 mm
whole weight: 648 g
whole width: 122 mm
whole depth: 45 mm
whole weight: 648 g
Bibliography
SourceProger 1966-1972
Vol. 1, page 25.
NotesText taken from Stanley & Paget (1846-9), and Paget (1882-5).
TranscriptA section of the head of a cock, and of a human tooth, which was transplanted, immediately after extraction, into a wound in the cock's comb. The surface of the fang is intimately united to the surrounding substance of the comb, and, by the injection of the blood vessels of the head, vessels are demonstrated passing from those of the comb into the pulp of the tooth.
SourceClift 1830 Part 1
NotesCatalogue number 57
TranscriptA human tooth, introduced immediately after extraction into the comb of a cock, to which it has become firmly united. The head of the animal has been injected, and a section made to show the mode of union, and the vascularity of the uniting medium. Adhesion has taken place generally, and a vascular growth has extended into the cavity of the tooth.
SourceHunter 'Works'
Vol. 2, page 104.
NotesThe description that follows was originally published in John Hunter's 'Diseases of the teeth' published in 1778.
TranscriptI took a sound tooth from a person's head; then made a pretty deep wound with a lancet into the thick part of a cock's comb, and pressed the fang of the tooth into this wound, and fastened it with threads passed through other parts of the comb. The cock was killed some months after, and I injected the head with a very minute injection; the comb was taken off and put into a weak acid, and the tooth being softened by this means, I slit the comb and tooth into two halves, in the long direction of the tooth. I found the vessels of the tooth well injected, and also observed that the external surface of the tooth adhered everywhere to the comb by vessels, similar to the union of a tooth with the gum and sockets.(I may here just remark, that this experiment is not generally attended with success. I succeeded but once out of a great number of trials.)
