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Cervantes: Father of Don Quixote and Son of a Dentist

Department of Clinical Dentistry, Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain

View larger version (109K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Reproduction of the first page of the original 1605 edition of the book, The Ingenious Noble, Don Quixote from la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes, kept in the National Library of Spain.

View larger version (103K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. A painting entitled, "At the barber and dentist’s house", by Joos Van Croebeeck (1606–1660). We can observe how he is extracting a tooth from a patient. Meanwhile, in the rest of the room, we notice some basins ("bacias" in Spanish) that the barber used to contain shavings, as well as the blood from extractions and bloodlettings—two activities performed by Miguel de Cervantes’ father.