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A dentist demonstrating the adaptability of false teeth to an apprehensive patient by taking out his own. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1877.
- Keene, Charles, 1823-1891
- Date:
- 1877
- Reference:
- 13818i
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Credit: A dentist demonstrating the adaptability of false teeth to an apprehensive patient by taking out his own. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1877. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Bears dialogue: 'Customer (nervously). "Ah! They must be very irksome at first." Dentist (exhultantly). "Not a bit of it , sir! Look here, sir!" (Dexterously catching his entire set.) "Here's my uppers, and here's my unders!"'
Sign on wall reads: "Fang!! Painless dentistry - moderate charge"
Publication/Creation
[London], 1877.
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; border 13.4 x 10.4 cm
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Lettering
Plain to demonstration. CK
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 13818i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
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Location Status Access Closed stores