Richard Barnett (born 1980) is a medical historian and the writer of six non-fiction books: Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures, The Dedalus Book of Gin, and a trilogy with Thames & Hudson: The Sick Rose, Crucial Interventions, and Smile Stealers.
I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in art, medicine, history, or, simply, the difficult and exhausting business of having and maintaining a body.
"[2] The Guardian praised the book as well, stating, "Richard Barnett's superbly erudite and lucid accompanying text would really suffice in itself as an introduction to the history of western medical science.
"[3] Anisha Gupta wrote in Nature of The Smile Stealers, "Barnett expertly narrates the 'medical history' that has shaped the dental profession from its gruesome origins of the 'tooth puller', through to its modern day format of the skilled clinical service provider and aesthetician of the twenty-first century.
"[4] The Engineering & Technology magazine reviewer found the work "stands out among other 'dental' publications both in quality and in quantity.