| Reference Number | MIMM/2009-1/60 |
| Title | Nylon Sutures |
| Date | 1925-1975 |
| Creator Name | Armour And Company Ltd., Meatpacking and Pharmaceutical manufaturers, 1867-1991 |
| Description | The black cardboard case contains a clear glass jar with a metal lid. The white label on the jar reads in black ink: 'Glanoid Sterilized Surgical Ligature (Nylon) 50 x 14 inch strands per tube Stout Purple N.7. The Armour Laboratories (Amour and Company Ltd) 27-28 Finsbury Square, London, E.C.2."
The same label is present on both the cardboard case and the glass jar. The label on the case has stamped "Sample". The metal lid is corroded. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | Glass Jar: 165mm x 20mm |
| Case: 185mm x 25mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Silkworm Gut |
| Term | Surgical Fixation Devices |
| Surgical Procedures, Operative |
| Sutures |