Ridiculous History
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Painless Parker and the Dental Circus
48 minutes Posted Jul 1, 2021 at 11:19 pm.
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Edgar Parker, later better known as "Painless Parker," wasn't your ordinary dentist. When his first practice was struggling in 1892, he began to think outside of the figurative box, combining dentistry, showbiz and public spectacle in a way that'd never been done before, including making dentistry part of an actual traveling circus.

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