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Title:
Detail of Medical Instruments (XI) - Thangka Thirty-Six

Caption:
This photograph depicts three medical instruments used for extracting purposes. Arranged in clockwise order, the painting shows a uterine forcep used for removing a dead fetus from a woman's uterus, a half-sized uterine forcep for the same purpose, and an instrument shaped like a snake's head, which is used for removing urinary stones (uroliths.)
 
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