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  • Possibly the temple at Nu Tooth, Sri Lanka. Watercolour drawing by C.H.S.B.
  • A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A tooth-drawer with 'lightness of hand' extracting a tooth from a protesting patient, amidst the chaos of his practice. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A woman reaches down into a man's mouth to pull out another tooth; teeth lie scattered on the floor. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1839.
  • A woman reaches down into a man's mouth to pull out another tooth; teeth lie scattered on the floor. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1839.
  • 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.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Three scenes involving the end of a tooth extraction operation and the great relief of the patient. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
  • Kandy, Sri Lanka: the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at the shrine of the tooth of the Buddha. Gouache by H. M. Paget, 1901, after S.P. Hall.
  • A scientist using a steam machine with pulley to extract a tooth from a man. Pen drawing by C.E.H., 1894.
  • A scientist using a steam machine with pulley to extract a tooth from a man. Pen drawing by C.E.H., 1894.
  • A patient thanking his dentist for pulling a tooth out and asking can he go and finish reading a magazine in the waiting-room. Reproduction of a drawing after H. Batchelor, 1928.
  • Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
  • A golf-obssessed dentist examining a patient's mouth and using golfing terminology to describe his problems. Reproduction of drawing after F. Buchanan.
  • Dental crowns.
  • The first use of ether in dental surgery, 1846. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.
  • Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.