Consider a hypothetical situation where X and Y meet each other on the streets in late 19th century Europe and the following conversation ensues:
X: Aaah! I have such an ache!
Y (with a lot of concern): Where?
X (opening his mouth and pointing to the upper set of teeth): My teeth, of course!
Y (oozing more concern): Does it pain?
X: Yes, as much as it did on our day of the Lady of the Annunciation!!
What’s going on?!!!
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Trying to figure this out, I landed on this rather fascinating article - Curing Toothache on the Stage? The Importance of Reading Pictures in Context
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995HisSc..33..396K
Authors: King, R.
Journal: History of Science, Vol. 33, p.396-416
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