Ethicon Suture Material
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Artifact Overview
Medical equipment manufacturers sold items to veterinarians to help keep equipment secure as they traveled to treat animals. This box contains six glass tubes of black silk suture thread. Veterinarians used sutures and specially designed needles to close incisions or wounds on livestock and pets. These sutures belonged to F. Eugene Eads of Gross Pointe, Michigan.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Suture
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
81.59.34
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Glass (Material)
Silk (Fiber)
Color
Tan (Color)
White (Color)
Colorless
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in (box)
Width: 3.5 in (box)
Length: 1.1875 in (box)
Height: 3.5 in (tube)
Diameter: 0.375 in (tube)
Inscriptions
on label inside each tube:
O Silk / STERILE BLACK BRAIDED - B / 40 INCHES U.S.A. BOILABLE / M-404 ETHICON INC.
on label on packaging:
6515-376-5680 / SUTURE, NONABSORBABLE, SURGICAL, / SILK, BRAIDED, SIZE 0, 12# / 1 PKG / CONTRACT N32-9022 / ETHICON, INC / A 6/61 / LOT RMO95AA
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