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Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)

This wonderful sketch of “teeth painlessly extracted by steam power” appears on an envelope addressed to a certain Dr J. Chapman of Totton, Southampton. As to w…more

Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images

This morning the Wellcome Library announced its release of 100,000 of its historical images under an open license (CC-BY – meaning they are free for any re-use pr…more

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