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Hooks, ropes and a lancet used by Hindu ascetics for self-torture. Engraving, 1798.
Wellcome Collection

Hooks, ropes and a lancet used by Hindu ascetics for self-torture. Engraving, 1798.

1798

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Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Lancet and two iron hooks, described p. 381. 1. Size of the original [lancet]. 2. Half the size of the original [hooks]

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