Dens Canis Carchar, c1745-1807

Glass jar containing five specimens of dogfish tooth, from Scyllium canicula. From the Burges Collection

Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 113 No. 30’ and ‘DENS CANIS CARCHAR.’

Lemery says that ‘The Teeth are us’d to rub Children’s Gums with, to make their Teeth cut.’