Packet of "Mersutures" suture contained in 3 glass tubes

Made:
1910-1940 in Edinburgh
Packet of "Mersutures" suture contained in 3 glass tubes

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Packet of "Mersutures" suture contained in 3 glass tubes, made by G.F. Merson Ltd., Edinburgh, 1910-1940

Details

Category:
Surgery
Object Number:
1983-1460/25
Materials:
packet, cardboard, tube, glass, steel and silk
Measurements:
packet: length 107 mm
packet: width 48 mm
packet: thickness 19 mm
tube: length 93 mm
tube: diameter 11 mm
type:
sutures
credit:
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital

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