Surgery: blue cardboard box with paper label holds three sealed amber tubes of catgut with label & liquid inside; catgut no. 3; medium-hard chromic; three vials held in cardboard divider
Surgery: blue cardboard box with paper label holds three sealed amber tubes of catgut with label & liquid inside; catgut no. 3; medium-hard chromic; three vials held in cardboard divider
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 11.0 cm. x Width 5.5 cm. x Depth 1.7 cm.
(a): paper label states: BOILABLE // THREE STANDARD TUBES STERILE // CATGUT LIGATURES No. 3 // MEDIUM-HARD CHROMIC (10 to 20 Day) // To sterilize exterior: these tubes may be boiled in water // Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson // New Brunswick, N.J. USA // MADE IN U.S.A.; (b,c,d): paper label inside states: CATGUT No. 3 // 1F // MEDIUM-HARD CHROMIC // (10 to 20 days) // Johnson & Johnson
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-10
Condition Remarks
#2: The flap on the proper left side of the box was creased and becoming brittle; one short flap was missing; the box was otherwise stable; the paper insert (not numbered) was yellowing; the glass suture containers showed no signs of damage.
Exhibit History
On exhibit: "Listerism: Antisepsis and the Roots of Modern Surgery,"Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada; Ottawa, 30 May 2013