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.
