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  • A dentist reassures a terrified patient. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.
  • A tooth-drawer using a cord to extract a tooth from an agonized patient. Etching by J. Collier, 1773.
  • An anxious patient checking with his dentist that that if he has gas anesthesia he will not be robbed of his money. Wood engraving after L. Raven-Hill, 1908.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.
  • A dentist examining the teeth of a nervous patient, with extractor hidden behind his back. Color process print after A.R.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer and medicine vendor in a town near Rome. Engraving by A.L. Richter, ca. 1834, after D.W. Lindau.
  • A troupe of travelling performers including a toothdrawer. Engraving by A. Paul after T. Rombouts.
  • A tooth-drawer frightening his patient with a hot coal causing him to pull away violently and extract a tooth. Pen drawing after J. Collier, 1773.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • A rustic farrier turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing man, a woman looks on. Coloured mezzotint, 1792, after J. Harris the elder.
  • A dentist looking in horror at the size of the tooth he has just extracted from his grimacing patient. Coloured aquatint.
  • 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.
  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • A nervous elderly lady in a dental surgery clutching her bag and looking suspiciously at the dentist. Pen drawing by S. Wood.
  • A dentist asking a nervous patient would she like gas, she retorts no she doesn't want him poking around in the dark. Process print after T. Sarg.
  • A dentist recognizing a new patient from somewhere else, the patient (clutching her jaw) admits she works at the income tax office. Reproduction of a drawing by B. Thomas, 1921.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured stipple engraving by P. Maguire after J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A troupe of travelling performers including a toothdrawer. Line engraving by M. Salvador Carmona, 1805, after T. Rombouts.
  • A street tooth-drawer on his stall extracting a tooth from a patient. Wood engraving after C. Fripp (?).
  • An elaborately dressed travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth in a carriage from a patient. Drypoint.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is seated on a stool. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A dentist asking his patient if she would like gas, she retorts that she is not sure as there is a shortage on. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Thomas, 1921.
  • An itinerant tooth-drawer performing an operation on a struggling male patient. Ink wash drawing after P.A. Wille, 1788.
  • An elderly dentist examining a female patient's mouth. Watercolour by M. Anderson.
  • A dentist asking a nervous patient would she like gas, she retorts no she doesn't want him poking around in the dark. Process print after T. Sarg.
  • 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.
  • A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient who is in such pain that he pulls the tooth-drawer's wig off. Coloured etching after J. Gillray (?).
  • 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 grimacing patient. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly.