https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/files/original/149ee865c1ea871e0ba3fc8637295250.jpg 0820f0220e17a9b501668d0e2cba7a97 https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/files/original/51bf505ff099d7b6b8a8d9cf76705684.jpg f4738361e5c0b5f8928a5204f999b9fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Museum and Artwork Subject The topic of the resource Museum collections Description An account of the resource Our museum collection helps tell the story of the College, of its place in the city of Glasgow, and of Scottish medical history. Our collection also tells the story of the students, Fellows and Members who have shaped the College over the centuries. We have fascinating medical instruments and equipment used by some of the most famous people associated with the College, including Joseph Lister, David Livingstone and William Macewen. These sit alongside a varied and often gruesome collection of surgical and dental instruments which help to show the progression and innovation made in surgical procedures from the 18th century onwards. Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Materials Glass Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jar of SS White Filling Porcelain Description An account of the resource Glass bottle of pale yellow filling porcelain powder (1/2 oz). This jar of white filling porcelain was manufactured by the SS White Dental Manufacturing Company, an organisation that was started by American dentists and inventor, Samuel Stockton White, in 1844. Over the years, White's company became the largest dental instrument manufacturer in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1118">S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. Ltd.; 1872-; Dental manufacturers</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1920 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HD/741 Dentistry