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Transplanting of teeth.

A patient paying a dentist after having a tooth removed with gas. Reproduction of a drawing after L.P. Dowd, 1922.

A dentist asks an old patient how long his tooth has been hurting him, the patient replies twenty years. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Thomas, 1931.

A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.

A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.

A patient thanking his dentist for pulling a tooth out and asking can he go and finish reading a magazine in the waiting-room. Reproduction of a drawing after H. Batchelor, 1928.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Engraving by W. French after G. Dou, 1672.

A rural tooth-drawer in his surgery extracting a tooth from a patient. Lithograph by E. Pigal.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Engraving by D.J. Pound after G. Dou, 1672.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

A precocious child telling a dentist exactly what is wrong with her teeth. Process print after L. Baumer, 1936.

A dentist trying to persuade a little boy that he is not going to hurt him, the child is not convinced. Reproduction after a drawing by E.H. Shepard, 1925.

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Electro-radiographic diagnosis : a book on the electric test for pulp vitality, giving the technic of its use in detail and submitting clinical evidence of its absolute necessity to dental diagnosis / by Howard Riley Raper.

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Dentistry - Practice

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Images about Dentistry - Practice

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A dentist trying to persuade a little boy that he is not going to hurt him, the child is not convinced. Reproduction after a drawing by E.H. Shepard, 1925.

A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Electro-radiographic diagnosis : a book on the electric test for pulp vitality, giving the technic of its use in detail and submitting clinical evidence of its absolute necessity to dental diagnosis / by Howard Riley Raper.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

Dentistry - Practice

Images from the collections

Images about Dentistry - Practice

Works from the collections

A dentist trying to persuade a little boy that he is not going to hurt him, the child is not convinced. Reproduction after a drawing by E.H. Shepard, 1925.

A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Electro-radiographic diagnosis : a book on the electric test for pulp vitality, giving the technic of its use in detail and submitting clinical evidence of its absolute necessity to dental diagnosis / by Howard Riley Raper.

A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth after extracting it from a patient, who is spitting blood out of the window. Coloured lithograph by J.A.(?). Pecht, 1836, after G. Dou, 1672.

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