A dentist using forceps extracts a lower anterior tooth by candelight. That he is a barber-surgeon can be deduced from the instruments in the background: razors, scissors, and shaving brushes. P. 148, Dentistry: An Illustrated History. Reproduction of hand colored etching. p. 27, #54 NML's Prints Relating to Dentistry, 1967. 2 copies -1 in Macauly
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Colored by W. French; etching after the painting ""Der Zahnbrecher of 1622"" by Gerard von Honthorst
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