A curette is a medical instrument which is designed to scrape a surface such as tissue, a tooth, or the inside of a body opening. Curettes are sold by many medical instrument suppliers, with several different sizes available for different types of tasks.he curette is also sometimes used in the medical procedure known as dilation and curettage, in which the cervix is dilated and the device is used to scrape out the contents of the uterus. This technique can be used to treat various gynecological conditions, and to terminate a pregnancy.
CVS completes its acquisition of more than 2,500 stores from Revco â the largest acquisition in the history of the U.S. retail pharmacy industry. The acquisition of Revco gives CVS key drugstore locations primarily in the Midwest and Southeast. Caremark merges the prescription benefit management business and the biotech business. 1998
The DEA history also includes some of the biggest drug busts in the history of drug enforcement. In 1991, according to DEA information, the DEA seized over 59 boxes containing 1,080 pounds of heroin. The estimated street value of the seizure was said to be between $2.5 billion to $4 billion dollars, making it the largest heroin bust in history.