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Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.

A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.

Jonathan Jay : humorous patter song / written, composed and sung by Clifford Grey.

Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth

A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.

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

A military dental surgery where soldiers have their teeth extracted extremely quickly, whilst others are waiting for their operations. Pen drawing by H. Bury.

A German military dentist pulls a tooth from an agonised soldier. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1892.

A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face sulks in the background. Lithograph by Madame Fabroni after D. Teniers II.

La odontojatria nell'opera di uno dei pionieri dell'arte dentaria : (Giovanni Arcolano, secolo XV) / Franco Bazzi.

The life of William Clark Eastlake, dental pioneer of the Orient / Dorothy Eastlake.

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.

Antonio Campani. (Contributo storica in cui compare, tra l'altro, la firma autografa del celebre dentista fiorentino) / Francesco Aulizio.

Modern musketeers : for your constant protection : your doctor ... your dentist ... your druggist ... / Abbott Laboratories.

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Dentists

Images from the collections

Images referencing Dentists

Works from the collections

La odontojatria nell'opera di uno dei pionieri dell'arte dentaria : (Giovanni Arcolano, secolo XV) / Franco Bazzi.

The life of William Clark Eastlake, dental pioneer of the Orient / Dorothy Eastlake.

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.

Antonio Campani. (Contributo storica in cui compare, tra l'altro, la firma autografa del celebre dentista fiorentino) / Francesco Aulizio.

Modern musketeers : for your constant protection : your doctor ... your dentist ... your druggist ... / Abbott Laboratories.

Dentists

Images from the collections

Images referencing Dentists

Works from the collections

La odontojatria nell'opera di uno dei pionieri dell'arte dentaria : (Giovanni Arcolano, secolo XV) / Franco Bazzi.

The life of William Clark Eastlake, dental pioneer of the Orient / Dorothy Eastlake.

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.

Antonio Campani. (Contributo storica in cui compare, tra l'altro, la firma autografa del celebre dentista fiorentino) / Francesco Aulizio.

Modern musketeers : for your constant protection : your doctor ... your dentist ... your druggist ... / Abbott Laboratories.

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