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February 8, 2018

Dentist and Female Patient, ca. 1847


This daguerreotype is highly unusual for its era, in that the patient is female. Most likely she is the dentist’s or photographer’s wife. By including a woman, calmly sitting in the dental chair, the dentist conveys a mannered, non-frightening image of ‘painless dentistry. (via Historical Indulgences)

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