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Dentists

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Images

  • 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.
  • Jonathan Jay : humorous patter song / written, composed and sung by Clifford Grey.
  • A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • A man using a dental probe on a girl's mouth. Oil painting after Gerrit Dou.
  • 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 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.
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Works

    • Books

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

    Bazzi, Franco. | Date: 1969
    • Books

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

    Eastlake, Dorothy. | Date: 1985
  • view 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.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    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.

    Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976 | Date: 1925 | Reference: 15443i
    • Books

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

    Aulizio, F. (Francesco) | Date: 1960
    • Ephemera

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

    | Date: [1953], ©1953
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