General Haig's Toothache: Battlefield Dentistry in World War One

Professor Mark Harrison discusses the take that Armed Forces Dentist service owes its creation for a general’s molar and a French dentist. This short lecture also explains why battlefield dentistry became important.

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Professor Mark Harrison

Professor Harrison is Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine and Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford.

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