The Toothache

Three panels of a comic showing a man with a very swollen face struggling to sleep and then dreaming of a painful dental procedure. Text reads "But, in the middle of the night, you are aroused once more to the painful nature of your position and strongly wish that the Dentist had just looked at your tooth. At last, just as your boots and hot water are brought in, you fall asleep and have the most delicious dreams,"
The Tooth-ache

The Tooth-ache imagined by Horace Mayhew and realized by George Cruikshank. London 1849

Three panels of a comic showing a man with a very swollen face struggling to sleep and then dreaming of a painful dental procedure. Text reads "But, in the middle of the night, you are aroused once more to the painful nature of your position and strongly wish that the Dentist had just looked at your tooth. At last, just as your boots and hot water are brought in, you fall asleep and have the most delicious dreams,"
The Tooth-ache

Panels 20, 21 and 22 of The Tooth-ache, imagined by Horace Mayhew and realized by George Cruikshank. London 1849

Illustration showing a man standing holding a tooth in a pair of pliers and another man laying on the ground below a knocked over chair. Text at the bottom of the illustration reads, "But, AT LAST IT IS OUT!"
The Tooth-ache

Panel 40 of The Tooth-ache, imagined by Horace Mayhew and realized by George Cruikshank. London 1849

Two-paneled comic showing a man throwing his hands up at a clock and then hugging another man. Text reads "When you are astonished to find that the operation has lasted less than a minute. You bless the Dentist."
The Tooth-ache

Panels 41 and 42 of The Tooth-ache, imagined by Horace Mayhew and realized by George Cruikshank. London 1849
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