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  2. Sharps waste - Wikipedia

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    Sharps – like needles, syringes, lancets and other devices used at home to treat diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and other diseases – should be immediately disposed of after use. Sharps waste is a form of biomedical waste composed of used "sharps", which includes any device or object used to puncture or lacerate the skin.

  3. Blood lancet - Wikipedia

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    Blade extracted from disposable self retracting blood lancet with ruler for scale. A blood lancet, or simply lancet, is a small medical implement used for capillary blood sampling. A blood lancet, sometimes called a lance, is similar to a scalpel style lancet, but with a double-edged blade and a pointed end. It can even be a specialized type of ...

  4. Scalpel - Wikipedia

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    A scalpel, lancet, or bistoury is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, podiatry and various handicrafts. A lancet is a double-edged scalpel. A lancet is a double-edged scalpel.

  5. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it. Effects are fast acting and can include heart stoppage, seizures, and paralysis. Number 8.Cleaning the toilet. No ...

  6. Fleam - Wikipedia

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    This piece has a thumb lancet in one shield of the bolster and a thumb forceps in the other. Controversy exists among collectors of antique surgical instruments that these types of fleams were made with the lancet so that rural families could bleed the animals and family members alike.

  7. Bloodletting - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek painting on a vase, showing a physician (iatros) bleeding a patientBloodletting (or blood-letting) is the deliberate withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease.

  8. List of methods of torture - Wikipedia

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    The limbs collected from this and other punishments of the time were "emptied by the hundreds". Sometimes, this method was limited to dislocating a few bones, but the torturer often went too far and rendered the legs or arms (sometimes both) useless. In the late Middle Ages, some new variants of this instrument appeared.

  9. 13 Things You NEED to Throw Away Before 2023 Ends - AOL

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    Learn how to get rid of clutter in your house. We share the rule of thumb for getting rid of things and 13 items to throw out before the new year begins.