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  • A Jewish military "money surgeon" searches the mouth of a prisoner of war for gold fillings (?), others watch and wait. Coloured pen and ink drawing.
  • Boer War: a dentist outside his hut at a military hospital. Halftone, c.1900, after J. Hall-Edwards.
  • A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.
  • A dentist (Woodrow Wilson) forcefully extracting a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhelm II); representing America's successes in the First world war. Pen drawing by E.J. Sullivan, 1918.
  • 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 soldier on stage using a sword to extract a tooth from a man. Wood engraving by F. Grenan, 1852.
  • A German military dentist pulls a tooth from an agonised soldier. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1892.
  • A dentist in his surgery with patient at Camp Douglas. Pen drawing by C.W. Law, 1862.