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Illustrations of Arabic Dental Extraction

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Illustrations of Arabic Dental Extraction

 
Two old pages (I am researching the date) with beautifully ornate illustrations of dental surgery as practiced in what looks like the 1700s. The first page is exquisitely gilded with gold leaf which the scanned pictures do little justice. It shows a dental surgeon wrestling to extract a tooth with  some form of dental forceps. The second shows the surgeon using a crude bowstring drill with other dental instruments laid at his feet.