Packet of "Mersutures" suture contained in 3 glass tubes

Made:: 1910-1940 in Edinburgh

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

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Category:: Surgery

Object Number:: 1983-1460/25

Materials:: packet, cardboard, tube, glass, steel and silk

type:: sutures

credit:: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital

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Packet of "Mersutures" suture contained in 3 glass tubes

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