front view of bottle
Front

rear view of bottle
Back

Catgut ligatures

Bottle of sterilized catgut ligatures

Title: Catgut ligatures
Description: View of a glass bottle of catgut ligatures with metal screw top, used by doctors around the turn of the 20th century. Dimensions: 7.0 X 3.0 cm.
Date: Circa 1890-1910
Digitization Date: 3-Jul-2008
Digitizer: R. Todd Vandenbark and David B. Opperman
Repository: Indiana Medical History Museum, 3045 Vermont Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222. Item #91.15.10.1
Subject: Ligature (Surgery). Medicine--History.
Type: Physical object
Format: image/jpeg
Technical Metadata: Photographed at 180 ppi using Canon PowerShot A720 IS digital camera.
Identifier: catgutligatures_front.jpg (76 KB), catgutligatures_back.jpg (64 KB)
Related Materials: Catalog page of ligatures and sutures. Silk ligatures. Surgical horsehair.
Creator: Seabury & Johnson, New York, USA