Surgery: blue cardboard box with paper label holds three sealed amber tubes of catgut with label & liquid inside; catgut no. 2; 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. 2; 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.
b - tube - Size: Length 10.5 cm. x Diameter 1.0 cm
c - tube - Size: Length 10.5 cm. x Diameter 1.0 cm
d - tube - Size: Length 10.5 cm. x Diameter 1.0 cm
(a): paper label states: BOILABLE // THREE STANDARD TUBES STERILE // CATGUT LIGATURES No. 2 // 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. 2 // 7F // MEDIUM-HARD CHROMIC // (10 to 20 days) // Johnson & Johnson
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F1-10
Condition Remarks
#2: The box was stable except for the flaps on the proper left side; these had become brittle and had broken off; the long flap and one short flap remained; the flat cardboard insert was yellowing significantly, as was the cardboard insert supporting the ligature; the glass ligature vials showed no signs of damage; the top of the box was dusty.
Exhibit History
On exhibit: Listerism: Antisepsis and the Roots of Modern Surgery," Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada; Ottawa, 30 May 2013.