Dentistry in Florence

Susan comes from a family of dentists, including her father, brother and sister-in-law.  So, she is a fan of dentistry.

During a recent museum visit, we spotted the painting below.

At first, we thought the painting portrayed someone poor soul being tortured for a crime or other bad deed. 

Then, we realized we were looking at a dentist extracting some poor soul's tooth.  The painting captures the patient's pain as the dentist pries the offending tooth from the patient's mouth.

Our fervent hope is that the painting depicts Italian dentistry in the distant past, not last year. 

"Odontoiatria senza novocaina" by "Dott. Orin Scrivello"