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Glass tube containing sterile kangaroo tendons sutures. Use of kangaroo tendons to fix ligaments in humans. Material: Glass, cardboard. Colour: Brown, clear, yellow. Maker: G.F. Merson Ltd, Edinburgh, c. 1940.

Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. Material: Catgut, glass, cardboard. Colour: Brown, clear, yellow. G.F. Merson Ltd, Edingburgh, c. 1940.

Silk ligature -- one spool tank package (in box). Material: Silk, glass, cardboard. Colour: Off-white, clear, green. Maker: Mayer, Meltzer & Co., Cape Town, c. 1930.

The silkworm gut thread would be used in surgery for applications such as sewing sutures to close wounds or hold drainage tubes in place. Material: Nylon, cardboard. Colour: Cream, green. Maker: C.F. Thackray Ltd, London, c. 1950.

A silk suture is a type of wound closure used in surgery and other medical procedures requiring stitches. Material: Silk, wood. Colour: Off-white, beige. Pearsall, London, c. 1920.

Deknatel Braided Polyester Suture is stronger than silk and provides long-lasting support. Material: Silk, wood. Colour: Black, beige. Maker: J.A. Deknatel Son. New York, c. 1930.

Catgut surgical ligature. Glass bottles of sterilized surgical ligature, catgut. Material: Catgut, glass. Colour: Brown, clear. Maker: Seabury Johnson, c. 1950.

Glass tube of sterilised surgical ligature, catgut, c. 1950.

These are surgical ligatures made of horsehair for undertaking sutures or surgical stitches. Surgeons use ligatures to tie off blood vessels during surgery to stop them from bleeding. These ligatures date from the late 19th century and are made from horse hair. The fineness of the hair made it useful for both sutures and ligatures. The hair was sterilised and sold in rolls of 100, c. 1920.

Sutures placed within the dermal layer to reduce the static tension on a gaping wound, c. 1943.

These are surgical ligatures made of horsehair for undertaking sutures or surgical stitches. Surgeons use ligatures to tie off blood vessels during surgery to stop them from bleeding. These ligatures date from the late 19th century and are made from horse hair. The fineness of the hair made it useful for both sutures and ligatures. The hair was sterilised and sold in rolls of 100, c. 1920.

A chest tube is a sterile tube with a number of drainage holes that is inserted into the pleural space, c. 1935.

A stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision. Sutures in 5 separate tubes in box. Maker: Amour Laboratories, London, c. 1950.

A silk suture is a type of wound closure used in surgery and other medical procedures requiring stitches, c. 1910.

Surgeon's sewing silk material used in closing a wound with stitches, c. 1920.

Sterilisation is the process of killing/destroying all types of microbial life. Sterilisation could be realised by applying heat, chemicals, radiation, excessive pressure and filtration. Tubes containing catgut in box, c. 1949.

Vintage sutures in glass tubes -- Davis Geck Thermo-Flex Kalmerid Catgut. Tubes containing sutures in box, c. 1948.

The curved needles at the bottom are for closing external wounds and those at the top centre are used for intestinal wounds. (a) Large pocket containing 11 half-circle curved needles (b) Small pocket containing 4 spring-eyed half-curved needles, c. 1910.

This type is designed to penetrate dense, irregular, and relatively thick tissues. 3 needles -- half-circle, round bodies, in pocket, c. 1930.

The silk suture is a non-absorbable/braided material. The suture material composed of an organic protein called fibroin. Material: Silk. Reel: Plastic. Colour: Ivory, clear and red. Maker: Ethicon Ltd, Edinburgh, c. 1950.

Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. An attached length of thread. 12 tubes containing catgut in box, c. 1950.

12 tubes containing catgut in box, c. 1960.

12 tubes containing sutures in box, c. 1954.

1 doz packs in sealed bottle in cardboard container. Linen is a sterile, non-absorbable, spun surgical suture material made of flax fibers of linen, c. 1960.

3 tubes containing floss silk in box. Material: Silk, glass, cardboard. Colour: Ivory, clear, white. Maker: London Hospital Ltd. Essex, England, c. 1950.

5 tubes containing catgut (in box). Fast-absorbing surgical gut sutures are sterile and elicit only a slight to a minimal tissue reaction during absorption. Material: Catgut, glass, cardboard. Colour: Light brown, clear, white, c. 1955.

Surgical gut sutures are available in plain or chromic. Gut in tubes in sealed tin. Material: Tin. Colour: Grey, c. 1950.

5 doz tubes of suture. A long, narrow, glass vial containing alcohol and suture and a paper label. Material: Catgut, chrome. Colour: Brown, clear, silver, c. 1950.

Nylon sutures are widely used for general closure, skin and plastic surgery. 7 reels of suture in box. Material: Nylon, cardboard. Colour: Blue, cream and off-white. Maker: American Gyanamid Co., USA, c. 1950.

Widely used for the quantitative estimation of albumin in the urine. Object is in a wooden container, c. 1920.