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

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a woman steals from his bag. Etching by J.J. van Vliet.

Four scenes of the beginning of a dental operation involving a dentist trying to extract a distraught patient's tooth. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a woman steals from his bag. Watercolour after J.J. van Vliet.

Dental extraction involving drilling and electrically-detonated explosives: eight vignettes. Pen drawing by R. Bull.

A Liberal dentist discussing politics and the merits of Gladstone to his patient (a Tory) while the latter is prevented from speaking. Wood engraving by F.H., 1892.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is strapped to a chair in a dilapidated room, his worried wife looks on. Etching.

A physician-virtuoso in his cabinet, examining a flask of urine brought by a lady. Oil painting by a painter in the circle of Gerard Thomas, early 18th century.

A dental surgeon standing on the arm of a chair and pressing his foot against a man's chest to enable him to extract a tooth from his mouth. Chromolithograph, 18--.

A work on operative dentistry ... / by G.V. Black ; with revision by Arthur D. Black.

The principles and practice of dentistry : including anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, dental surgery and mechanism / by Chapin A. Harris.

A practical treatise on the operations of surgical and mechanical dentistry / By Samuel C. Harbert.

Orthodontia and orthopaedia of the face.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated grimacing patient, in the open air. Mezzotint.

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A work on operative dentistry ... / by G.V. Black ; with revision by Arthur D. Black.

The principles and practice of dentistry : including anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, dental surgery and mechanism / by Chapin A. Harris.

A practical treatise on the operations of surgical and mechanical dentistry / By Samuel C. Harbert.

Orthodontia and orthopaedia of the face.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated grimacing patient, in the open air. Mezzotint.