Gilbert's book of pantomimes, acting charades, parlor theatricals, and tableaux ... Illustrated with numerous fine engravings, showing exactly how everything should be done (1878)
Williams, Henry T., McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · New York, Hurst, c1878. · leaf 16
ho holds back the patient’s head, he opens the mouth of the latter and inserts the lancet therein, appearing to cut and lance the gums. The patient wriggles and moves his legs in apparent pain, but the sturdy John holds his head as if it were in a vise. The doctor next calls for his forceps, or the… … Fig. 2. serting them into the patient’s mouth he stands offat arm’s length. John, having concealed under his dress a large tooth, manages, during the fun and struggle while the tooth is sup- posed to be in course-of extraction, and while heis holding the
Amateur plays · Shadow shows · Tableaux
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