Tube of sterile catgut suture

Made:: 1871-1930 in London

maker:: Allen & Hanburys Limited

Tube of sterile catgut suture, by Allen and Hanburys Ltd
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Tube of sterile catgut suture, by Allen and Hanburys Ltd., English, probably late 19th or early 20th century

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A629958

Materials:: suture, catgut and bottle, glass

Measurements:: bottle: length 168 mm
bottle: diameter 16 mm

type:: sutures

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Tube of sterile catgut suture

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