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A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Aquatint by R.B. Peake after H.W. Bunbury.

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A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Aquatint by R.B. Peake after H.W. Bunbury.