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Chemical highs and psychedelic research
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Catalogue
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Fig. 90. Cripps Colotomy Dilator
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M0012712: Lithotomy dilator, 16th century.
Date: October 1952- Books
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The instantaneous method of treating stricture of the urethra : a description of a new dilator, termed the dovetail dilator, and also of a similar form of dovetail urethrotome / by B. Wills Richardson.
Richardson, Benjamin Wills.Date: 1868- Books
Vaso-dilator axon-reflexes / by A. Ninian Bruce.
Bruce, A. Ninian (Alexander Ninian)Date: 1913- Digital Images
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Lithotomy dilator with fenestrated blades, 16th century type.