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A military dental surgery where soldiers have their teeth extracted extremely quickly, whilst others are waiting for their operations. Pen drawing by H. Bury.

Boer War: a dentist outside his hut at a military hospital. Halftone, c.1900, after J. Hall-Edwards.

Dental extraction involving drilling and electrically-detonated explosives: eight vignettes. Pen drawing by R. Bull.

A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.

A nervous elderly lady in a dental surgery clutching her bag and looking suspiciously at the dentist. Pen drawing by S. Wood.

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 group of school children and their teacher at the dentists for their six monthly checkup. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

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Boer War: a dentist outside his hut at a military hospital. Halftone, c.1900, after J. Hall-Edwards.

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 group of school children and their teacher at the dentists for their six monthly checkup. Coloured wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

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 nervous elderly lady in a dental surgery clutching her bag and looking suspiciously at the dentist. Pen drawing by S. Wood.