World War Two: a man has his tooth extracted in a hospital camp hut, surrounded by others suffering various ailments. Coloured pen and ink drawing by L. Rawlings, 1946.

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World War Two: a man has his tooth extracted in a hospital camp hut, surrounded by others suffering various ailments. Coloured pen and ink drawing by L. Rawlings, 1946.