University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Dental
Military Medicine
Classification
Archival, Images
Dental
Military Medicine, Dental
Archival, Military
Accession Number
002050181
Description
Hand drawn cartoon style pen and ink print drawing depicting a WWI war zone dental office with everyone in military uniform; dentist is extracting tooth from patient in chair while four other men are waiting their turn and a sargent is admonishing them to wait; signage on the walls; previously fold…
Hand drawn cartoon style pen and ink print drawing depicting a WWI war zone dental office with everyone in military uniform; dentist is extracting tooth from patient in chair while four other men are waiting their turn and a sargent is admonishing them to wait; signage on the walls; previously folded into thirds.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
Maker
F. G. Green
Dates
1915
Date Remarks
Date on item
Material
paper: cream
ink: black
Inscriptions
Printed on the front: "CAPT. BLAIR (DENTAL SURGEON) // DOING HIS BIT // Somewhere-in -Belgium // - by a victim from the Royal CANADIAN DRAGOONS. F. G. GREEN // Belgium-1915"; handwritten on the front: "This one of my Dental // Officers, with [illeg.] from Winnipeg - This room is just up the // village shut from here - // Don't lose this please - / /J. T. F/."; sign on walls: "KEEP // QUIET! // THIS MEANS // YOU; DON'T // SLAM // THE DOOR; NO TALKING // NO WHISTLING // NO NOTHING; OUTSIDE!"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Drawings and Prints Binder A, pg. 1a
Length
20.6 cm
Width
26.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
#1: Stable: Paper is very soiled around the edges and creased; on the back there are vertical creases indicating that it was folded in three, the edges are very darkened.