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  • The heads and upper palates with fangs of two snakes. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • Greyhound dog skull
  • Medieval human mandible (lower jaw bone)
  • A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.
  • Digestive system: twelve figures, including teeth, intestines and colon. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Greyhound dog skull
  • Stingray or skate (Batoidea) fossilised tooth
  • Muscles of the neck, tongue and jaws. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • A sailor running away from the ships dentist who is attempting to pull out one of his teeth. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1898.
  • Muscles of the head and neck, the head raised and the lower jaw removed exposing the teeth and the zygomatic arch. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Anger, hand drawn illustration
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • 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.
  • Tooth
  • Mouthpart from a naval ship worm (Teredo navalis), X-ray
  • Human head sculpted in clay, facial muscles of expression
  • Tooth whitening
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Plate 13, Cases of supernumerary teeth
  • Canine head, dissected to reveal the salivary glands
  • Anger, hand drawn illustration
  • The Virgin with four saints: the archangel Michael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Apollonia and Saint John the Evangelist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.
  • Two women observing a sign for buying teeth, one of them remarks that she had recently had one extracted and the clinic had held on to it. Reproduction of a drawing after G. Belcher, 1914.
  • Detailed diagrams of the upper palate and jaws of a snake. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • Canine head, dissected to reveal the salivary glands
  • Root canal