title: Toothdrawers in English popular literature prior to 1700.
abstract: Historical evidence about toothdrawers in England can be supplemented by references to these men in popular contemporary literature. Poetic and dramatic sources from the late medieval period to the close of the 17th century have been examined to this end, with some attempt made to distinguish satire from historical fact.
authors.affiliation: Dental School, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hargreaves
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000266:history*