Ethicon Mersutures This is a black cardboard box with a yellow and white label that says in black and red ink: “One dozen tubes - sterile Non-boilable Ethicon Mersutures guaranteed U.S.P. Knot Tensile Strength Minimum gauged in accordance with B.P. 1953 Code M. 453 - Suture Material Medd. Chromic Catgut 30’’ (76.2 cm) 2/0 B.P. - Needle Atraloc Intestinal Half-Circle 50 mm Batch No. B1842 Date of Manufacture 27-9-55 Ethicon Suture Laboratories Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. Made in Britain.” Inside the box, there are 9 slots, and 8 of them have clear glass tubes containing liquid, the catgut wrapped around a white plastic board, and a label saying “Non-boilable Ethicon Mersuture (regd.) Sterilised Surgical Suture (Catgut) 30’’ (76.2 cm) Medium Chromic Single Intestinal 1/2 Circle Needle 50 mm Size 2/0 Code M453 Batch B1842 B.P. Import Licence No.: South Africa 6; Pakistan 627” on one side, and “Manufactured by Ethicon Suture Laboratories Ltd. Edinburgh Under Department of Health for Scotland Licence No. TS(M)4” on the other. On the back, a smaller label, yellow and white, has black and red ink writings: “Tested for sterility. Samples from this lot of sutures have been tested and certified sterile by our bacteriological laboratory. Tubing fluid contains phenylmercuric nitrate 0.02% (non-readable text). Manufacturing licence T.S. (M) 4. Ethicon Suture Laboratories Limited.” 1925-1975