A surgeon extracting a tooth from a patient, while the latter's concerned wife stands in the background. Mezzotint by Read after G. Dou.

  • Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.
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A surgeon extracting a tooth from a patient, while the latter's concerned wife stands in the background. Mezzotint by Read after G. Dou. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The surgeon's workroom contains: a skull, a plant, a stuffed animal (not an alligator) hanging from the ceiling; the chair on which the patient is seated has a human face on the back

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1 print : mezzotint ; image 17.1 x 13.3 cm

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The tooth drawer. ; G. Douw pinxt ; Read sculplt.

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Wellcome Collection 16457i

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