The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry
Author:   Richard Barnett
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:  

9780500519110


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 April 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Richard Barnett
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.960kg
ISBN:  

9780500519110


ISBN 10:   0500519110
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 April 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: You Know the Drill • 1. The Natural and Ancient History of the Teeth • 2. Pulling Teeth in Medieval Europe • 3. Fauchard and The Dentistes • 4. Enlightened Extractions • 5. ‘A New Era in Tooth-Pulling!’ • 6. The Skull Beneath the Skin • 7. The Smile of Success

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'Magnificent ... All human life is here - the pain, the suffering and the happiness summed up in the ecstasy of a toothsome smile' - Tatler 'I love the thought of The Smile Stealers being casually left in dentists' waiting rooms ... It is gory, beautiful, probing' - The Times 'Excellent' - Will Self, Guardian 'Thoroughly compelling' - Times Literary Supplement


'Thoroughly compelling' - Times Literary Supplement 'Excellent' - Will Self, Guardian 'I love the thought of The Smile Stealers being casually left in dentists' waiting rooms ... It is gory, beautiful, probing' - The Times 'Magnificent ... All human life is here - the pain, the suffering and the happiness summed up in the ecstasy of a toothsome smile' - Tatler


Author Information

Richard Barnett studied medicine before becoming a historian. His writing has appeared in The Lancet, The London Magazine and The Natural Death Handbook. His first book, Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures, was published in 2008 and was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. His second book, The Sick Rose, published by Thames & Hudson, was the winner of The British Book Design and Production Awards. Richard has also appeared on BBC4's 'The Beauty of Anatomy'. He is currently Director of studies in History, Pembroke-King's Programme, University of Cambridge and Honorary Research Fellow, UCL.

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