Three Malformed Teeth with Several Pieces of Bone from Dermoid Ovarian Tumors of Two Women

Three Malformed Teeth with Several Pieces of Bone from Dermoid Ovarian Tumors of Two Women

Harvard University. Dental School. Museum

Tooth

Porter, G. W.

human remains

Three teeth found after removing dermoid ovarian tumors from two patients of Dr. G. W. Porter of Providence, Rhode Island

Unknown

1903, circa

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Warren Anatomical Museum (HDSM 1555, WAM 20919)

"Reports of Society Meetings. American Academy of Dental Science." International Dental Journal 11 (1890): 141-147

image

3 teeth

tooth, glass

physical object

HDSM 1555

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DigID0002308

DigID0002309

WAM 20919

These dermoid ovarian tumors were extracted from two patients of Dr. Porter, from Providence, RI. Both patients, a Swede and an American, were females between 20-25 years-old and nulliparous. One was married and one was single. Out of the hundreds of surgeries he'd performed, these were the only teeth he had found in dermoid tumor, prompting his eagerness to present them to Dr. Forrest G. Eddy at a conference. The teeth were prepared at an unknown point and gifted by Dr. Eddy to the Harvard Dental School Museum in 1903.