Bottle of sterile catgut ligature

Made:: 1871-1930 in Aberdeen

Bottle of sterile catgut ligature, by Pettie and Whitelaw
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Bottle of sterile catgut ligature, by Pettie and Whitelaw, Scottish, possibly late 19th or early 20th century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A616848

Materials:: bottle, glass, bottle, cork and ligature, catgut

Measurements:: bottle: length 76 mm
bottle: diameter 45 mm

type:: sutures

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Bottle of sterile catgut ligature

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