Packet containing tubes of Ethicon Mersuture M-338 silk suture

Made:: 1947-1960 in Edinburgh

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Packet containing tubes of Ethicon Mersuture M-338 silk suture
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Packet containing tubes of Ethicon Mersuture M-338 silk suture, packet incomplete, made by Ethicon Ltd., Edinburgh, 1947-1960

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Category:: Surgery

Object Number:: 1987-152

Materials:: silk, tube, glass and packet, cardboard

type:: sutures

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Packet containing tubes of Ethicon Mersuture M-338 silk suture

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