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Dentist's Office
A dentist, his assistant, and a patient pose in the dentist's office at the 3rd Canadian Field Ambulance Dressing Station at Vlamertinghe, Belgium. During the war, dentists of the Canadian Corps performed over 2.5 million procedures, including 933,765 fillings and 526,113 extractions. They also cared for over 8,500 cases of "trench mouth," a disease that rotted the gums.
George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19920044-544
A dentist, his assistant, and a patient pose in the dentist's office at the 3rd Canadian Field Ambulance Dressing Station at Vlamertinghe, Belgium. During the war, dentists of the Canadian Corps performed over 2.5 million procedures, including 933,765 fillings and 526,113 extractions. They also cared for over 8,500 cases of "trench mouth," a disease that rotted the gums.
George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19920044-544
