Now string's put fast on tooth that aches

Now string's put fast on tooth that aches

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786
Publication:
[London:] , May 1773
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Dentists
Tooth Extraction
Genre(s):
Caricature
Abstract:
The dentist is extracting a tooth with string; with the string attached, he thrusts a hot coal in the patient's face; the patient recoils in horror and thereby removes the tooth by his own actions.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures...designed in the Hogarthian style...; (DNLM)101425247
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
engraving
NLM Unique ID:
101425279 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A014346
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101425279