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Ordinary sea coral: The 'key' to implanting a movable artificial eye, the reef-forming coral allows the patient's own blood vessels and tissues to grow in it
Ordinary sea coral: The 'key' to implanting a movable artificial eye, the reef-forming coral allows the patient's own blood vessels and tissues to grow in it

Ordinary sea coral: The 'key' to implanting a movable artificial eye, the reef-forming coral allows the patient's own blood vessels and tissues to grow in it

Date6/14/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ordinary sea coral: The 'key' to implanting a movable artificial eye, the reef-forming coral allows the patient's own blood vessels and tissues to grow in it.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026313F
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