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Whetstone Currette

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Circa 1960s? (curette whetstone) Robbins Instruments, Inc., located in Chatham NJ, produced (or sold) this curette whetstone. Curettes are small devices used for scraping tissue. Whetstone is used to sharpen metal surfaces such as knives, scalpels or curettes. (Special Collections, George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences)