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Description: | Van Horn STERILIZED CATGUT 20 DAY CHROMICISED N0. 1 VAN HORN & SAWTELL STERILIZED SUTURES NEWYORK & LONDON MADE IN U.S.A. (printed in back on a red and white label on each of the four boxes). C1477 (batch number stamped in blue ink on the end of each box). MANU Van Horn and Sawtell late 19th early 20th century Head office New York (branch Office, London, England). United States of America This is an un opened pack of four boxes of sterilised catgut sutures each containing three sealed glass phials. In each phial there is a hank of sterile chromic catgut preserved in alcohol. Although not visible, on the back of these boxes is a label with the legend "TO STERILIZE THE OUTSIDE OF THESE TUBES: wrap them in gauze or a towel and boil with the instruments or steam with the dressings. TO OPEN THESE TUBES: after sterilizing the out side, hold one in a sterilized towel, then simultaneously pull and bend AWAY from the file mark that is in the centre of each tube. "VAN HORN" CROMIC CATGUT is prepared to resist absorption IN THE MUSCLE for the time specified on the label. When it is used in the peritoneum or other serous membranes, it can be relied upon to last one-quarter (1/4) of the time, though in many cases it may last longer. VAN HORN & SAWTELL.". There is also a paper label inside each phial bearing the legend " Van Horn Sterilized Chromic Catgut 20 Day No. 1". Catgut is made from the submucous layer of sheep's intestine. Chromicised or chromic catgut is rendered stronger and more durable by reacting it with chromium trioxide. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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