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Description: | Van Horn Sterilized Chromic Catgut 20 Day No. 0 printed on a paper label inside the phial). MANU Van Horn and Sawtell late 19th early 20th century Head office New York, United States of America This is one of two phials found in an opened carton. It contains a length of of sterilised catgut suture wound on an aluminium tablet and preserved in alcohol. They may not neccessarily be from the same batch, although, the tubes are of the same diameter and length, 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. The carton has a paper label on the front bearing the legend Van Horn STERILIZED CATGUT 20 DAY CHROMICISED N0. 0 VAN HORN & SAWTELL STERILIZED SUTURES NEWYORK & LONDON MADE IN U.S.A. (printed in black on a red and white label on the box). EACH TUBE HAS A FILE MARK NEAR THE CENTRE TO FACILITATE BREAKING AT THAT POINT. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE TUBE BE HELD IN A STERILIZED CLOTH OR TOWEL WHILE BREAKING. SIMULTANEOUSLY PULL AND BEND AWAY FROM THE FILE MARK AND IT WILL BE EASILY BROKEN THE OUTSIDE OF THE TUBE MAY BE STERILIZED BY IMMERSING IN ANY ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION Van Horn and Sawtell (printed in red on a paper label on the back of the box). DON'T BOIL THE TUBE MORE THAN ONCE (over printed on the previous label in blue). | 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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