A tooth-drawer in his establishment feeling the tooth of a bemused female patient, his assistant holds the pincers in readiness for extraction. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1823.

Butter, bacon, cheese : June 1st, 1896 / Reynolds, Sons & Co.

A village barber-surgeon standing in front of his shop, holding a razor and a lancet; in the distance are the village stocks. Coloured etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.

Healthy eating at an early age / Batchelors Nutritional Advice Centre.

Caricatural Mediaeval / Renaissance medical practitioners.

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