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A man being shot in the mouth by two little demons; representing the start of toothache. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.
Wellcome Collection

A man being shot in the mouth by two little demons; representing the start of toothache. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank(?) after H. Mayhew.

Horace Mayhew

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The tooth-ache. Imagined by Horace Mayhew. The origin of the toothache.

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