| Reference Number | MIMM/2009-1/124 |
| Title | Ethicon Mersutures |
| Date | 1925-1975 |
| Creator Name | Johnson & Johnson, Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Company, 1873- |
| Description | 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.” |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | Tube (each): 100mm x 20mm |
| Case: 115mm x 70mm x 90mm |
| 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 | Sutures |
| Term | General Surgery -- Instrumentation |
| Surgical Fixation Devices |
| Sutures |