Catgut sutures, which consist of a sealed hollow cylindrical glass tube with rounded ends and a solid cylindrical glass spindle in the centre; there are three round glass outlets from the tube which are sealed with red rubber stoppers (one is damaged); each outlet dispenses a catgut suture 1, 2, or…
Catgut sutures, which consist of a sealed hollow cylindrical glass tube with rounded ends and a solid cylindrical glass spindle in the centre; there are three round glass outlets from the tube which are sealed with red rubber stoppers (one is damaged); each outlet dispenses a catgut suture 1, 2, or 3; the sutures are wound around the central spindle; the tube also contains a small paper label with printed manufacturing information on it
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine collection
Maker
Johnson & Johnson
Material
glass: clear
rubber: red
catgut: beige
paper: off-white
Inscriptions
The paper label reads "CATGUT NOS. 1, 2, 3 // PLAIN // 24 FEET // Johnson & Johnson"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-10
Dimension Notes
Length 9.9 cm x Width 4.8 cm x Depth 1.7 cm
Condition Remarks
The glass, sutures and paper are all complete and undamaged; the rubber stoppers are all brittle and one is missing a large section at the top and one side; #2 while object was being photographed, one rubber stopper disintegrated
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
Previous number #100; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory