An exhibition about a “Generous Dentist”

An unusual dentist is the topic of an exhibition at Freemasons Hall, as this was a dentist who was also a philanthropist. Born in Italy, Bartholomew Ruspini settled in London in the 1750s and brought with him knowledge of dental treatments that were unknown in the UK at the time.
He was rather good at treating toothaches at a time when that was a rare skill and often invented his own treatments. After using a personally developed treatment for bleeding to save the life of the Prince of Wales, he