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Plate 5: The Dentist
Publish'd as the Act Directs, June 1773
7 3/4"w x 5"h
From "The EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES in the Book of Heads entitled HUMAN PASSIONS DELINEATED": PLATE 5
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DOCTOR once much puzzl'd was To find out ways and means,
How teeth to draw of ev'ry class, Without such wracking pains.
A packthread strong he ty'd in haste On tooth which sore did wring : He pull'd, the patient follow'd fast, Like Tewzer in a string.
Continued on Plate 6