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Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

An African dentist performing an operation on a patient that he is restraining with a wooden stick. Wood engraving by MD.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a woman steals from his bag. Etching by J.J. van Vliet.

Four scenes of the beginning of a dental operation involving a dentist trying to extract a distraught patient's tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated grimacing patient, in the open air. Mezzotint.

Principles of dental surgery ; exhibiting a new method of treating the diseases of teeth and gums; especially calculated to promote their health and beauty, accompanied by a general view of the present state of dental surgery, with occasional references, to the more prevalent abuses of the art, in two parts, / by Leonard Koecker.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing patient, who is being pick-pocketed by a woman. Line engraving after L. van Leyden, 1523.

A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes.

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Interior of a Dutch house with an operator attending to a man's teeth. Oil painting by Hendrik van der Burgh.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated grimacing patient, in the open air. Mezzotint.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing patient, who is being pick-pocketed by a woman. Line engraving after L. van Leyden, 1523.

A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes.