Five ampoules of sterile horsehair sutures in cart

Made:
1939 in Slough
Five sealed ampoules

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Five sealed ampoules
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Five sealed ampoules, each containing two 20 inch strands of sterile horsehair sutures, in carton, by Johnson and Johnson (Gt. Britain) Ltd., English, 23 September 1939

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A616900
Materials:
carton, paper, ampoule, glass and suture, horsehair
Measurements:
overall: 87 mm x 137 mm x 20 mm, .08 kg
overall (ampoule): 76 mm 10.4 mm,
type:
sutures