Six tubes of suture, German and Scottish, probably early twentieth century

Made:: 1901-1930

Six tubes of suture, German and Scottish, probably early twentieth century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A500517

type:: sutures

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Parts

Tube of suture in metal canister

Tube of suture in metal canister

Tube of suture in metal canister

Measurements:: tube: length 78 mm
cannister: diameter 15 mm

Materials:: cannister, metal , tube, glass and tube, metal

Object Number:: A500517 Pt1

type:: sutures

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Three tubes of German suture

Three tubes of German suture

Three tubes of suture German

Measurements:: length 75 mm
diameter 14 mm

Materials:: tube, glass and tube, metal

Object Number:: A500517 Pt2

type:: sutures

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Tube of suture in metal canister

Tube of suture in metal canister

Tube of suture in metal canister, Scottish

Measurements:: cannister: length mm
cannister: diameter mm

Materials:: tube, glass and tube, metal

Object Number:: A500517 Pt3

type:: sutures

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum