tuesday-johnson: ca. 1847, [Dentist and Female Patient] 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 the Burns Archive

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ca. 1847, [Dentist and Female Patient]

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 the Burns Archive

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    Christ, no wonder people were afraid of going to the dentist.
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    IT’S A TRAP!
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    Non-frightening? She looks like a corpse. That the dentist just murdered.