Cardboard box with 10 sealed glass tubes of sutures; (a) the cardboard box is rectangular in shape and has a lid that comes off and is open at the front; the cardboard box is covered with printed paper that lists manufacturing information; there are 12 inner cardboard inserts that are rectangular a…
Cardboard box with 10 sealed glass tubes of sutures; (a) the cardboard box is rectangular in shape and has a lid that comes off and is open at the front; the cardboard box is covered with printed paper that lists manufacturing information; there are 12 inner cardboard inserts that are rectangular and hollow and encase each glass tube of sutures in the box; (b-k) are 10 similar sealed glass tubes that contain kalmerid catgut sutures wrapped around a small flat piece of cardboard; the sutures are in a clear liquid; the sutures and liquid are sealed inside the tubes.
Number Of Parts
11
Part Names
a - cardboard box - Size: Length 8.3 cm x Width 11.0 cm x Depth 2.9 cm
b - sutures - Size: Length 10.0 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
c - sutures - Size: Length 10.2 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
d - sutures - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
e - sutures - Size: Length 10.2 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
f - sutures - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
g - sutures - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
h - sutures - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
i - sutures - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
j - sutures - Size: Length 10.2 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
k - sutures - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Diameter 1.2 cm
(a) The back of the box has a paper label near the top that reads, "CERTIFIED // STERILE // LOT NO. E263286"; the paper on the front of the box is printed with the words, "KALMERID CATGUT // 20-DAY CHROMIC // Size 1 Product 1445 // TWELVE TUBES, each contains approximately // [missing] feet. Sutures are ready for use as they come // from the tubes and require no moistening. Do not // boil -- to sterilize the exterior of the tubes, submerse // them in any active alcoholic germicidal solution. // Unaffected by age, climate, or light. // DAVIS & GECK, INC. // BROOKLYN, N.Y. U.S.A."; the bottom of the box lists trade-mark and patenting information; (b-k) each tube has the following printed on the inside top, "DAVIS & GECK, INC. // N.Y. D & G [logo: "D&G" enclosed in a diamond shape] U.S.A. // TERTHERMO-FLEX // Kalmerid Catgut // 20 - Day 1 // Non-Boilable No. 1445"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-10
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
The sutures arrived very dirty and dusty; (a) the box shows a great deal of wear and evidence of mold, mildew and water damage; the paper covering is very weak and missing in some areas; some of the printing is obscured.