Oral magic, folklore and tradition / by B.R. Townend.

  • Townend, B. R.
Date:
1938
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Oral magic, folklore and tradition / by B.R. Townend. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A TOOTHDRAWER about to demonstrate his skill, while a bright-eyed urchin takes advantage of the opportunity to rob the patient. A picture painted by Jan Steen (1626-1679) texts, and it is remarkable for two reasons. It is the first literary reference we have to therapeutic extraction of the teeth, and also because of the inference which can be drawn from it that this old 3^
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