box of surgical horsehair

Surgical horsehair

box of surgical horsehair

Title: Surgical horsehair
Description: View of a box of surgical horsehair, used by doctors around the turn of the 20th century. Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 1.5 cm.
Date: Circa 1890-1910
Digitization Date: 21-Jun-2008
Digitizer: Jennifer S. McKeeman and David B. Opperman.
Repository: Indiana Medical History Museum, 3045 Vermont Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222. Item #96.25.129
Subject: Ligature (Surgery). Medicine--History.
Type: Physical object
Format: image/jpeg
Technical Metadata: Photographed at 96 ppi using Samsung S850 digital camera.
Identifier: horsehair2.jpg (167 KB)
Related Materials: Catalog page of ligatures and sutures. Catgut ligatures. Silk ligatures.
Creator: Johnson & Johnson